Floods prove the weather’s not broken
The challenge of these floods adds to the trauma of the deadly fires that scorched the landscape just over a year ago.
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Iceland volcano awakes after 900 years
Streams of red lava bubbled and flowed out of a fissure in a valley in Geldingadalur in southwestern Iceland.
Human embryos are people, and should be treated as such
Science is wonderful, but we must beware those who wish to make early human life expendable.
Our jab strategy ‘won’t achieve herd immunity’
Australia will not achieve herd immunity with its current vaccine strategy of using the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs, a University of Sydney study says.
Ancient soil shows ice sheet at risk
Researchers find pieces of moss in samples, indicating part of Greenland now under the ice was once covered with a scrub.
Whales schooled one another how to avoid harpoons
American whalers discovered within months of arriving in new waters it was much more difficult to catch the prey they sighted.
Embryo breakthrough a world first
Australian scientists have created an artificial model of a very early human embryo from human skin cells.
AI breakthrough in brain cancer diagnosis
Australian researchers are pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of some types of brain cancer.
Israel bags its Dead Sea Scrolls moment
Israeli archaeologists have unearths fragments of 2000-year-old biblical scroll from a cave in the Judean desert.
Ireland joins list pausing jab rollout
Ireland has become the latest country to temporarily suspend administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot fears.
‘An average person has 174 species of virus in their lungs’
Are viruses living organisms? And what sort of places are they found? Dr Kirsty Short’s answers will surprise you.
Deadly ’90s equine virus proves grimly historic
Vet Peter Reid had never seen anything ike in all his time as an equine vet — until now.
UK variant more deadly: study
New research concludes the highly infectious UK variant is between 30 and 100 per cent more deadly than previous variants.
Moscow, Beijing close in on moon base
Russia has struck a deal with China as the Kremlin seeks to emulate Soviet-era space triumphs following years of decline.
Tycoon’s ‘fly me to the moon’ proposal
A Japanese billionaire has issued an open invitation to pay for eight people to join him on the first private flight to the moon.
Covid is serious and governments had to respond
Comparing COVID with influenza is misleading. The coronavirus was far more deadly for the elderly and other vulnerable groups.
SpaceX crashes to a fiery hat trick
It was yet another flub involving a prototype of the Starship rocket, which SpaceX hopes one day to send to Mars.
Science on Folbigg ‘cannot be ignored’
Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of killing her four children. Now, scientists believe she was innocent all along. Will she be freed?
Kip and communicate? Yes you can
Scientists at sleep laboratories say they have communicated with people who are dreaming.
Koala population boast defied the experts
A boast by the NSW Environment Minister that he’d double the state’s koala population within 30 years had ‘no science behind it’.
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