Science
Waking up tired? Here’s how to hack your snooze button
Snoozing has a bad rap. Here are science-backed tips to supercharge your morning energy.
- Angus Dalton
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Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
Secret doors, smoke plumes, air locks, a million species and shipwrecked treasures: this world-renowned Sydney establishment could be the most biodiverse spot in the country.
- Angus Dalton
The icky problem facing cities because of global warming
Rising seas, intensifying droughts, worsening floods – these are well-known effects of climate change. Now there’s another one to add to the list. And you might find it in your house.
- Dino Grandoni
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The science of stress: Our ancient superpower, and curse
Our stress response, bequeathed by millions of years of evolution, makes us faster, stronger and better able to evade attack by a tiger. But it is a poor match for modern life.
- Liam Mannix
‘Incredible’: Antarctic whale spotted at popular Sydney beach
An Antarctic whale rarely seen off Sydney was frolicking in the warm summer waters on Monday.
- Jessica McSweeney
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- City life
The curtains have closed on Putricia. Here’s what she looks like now
The public can no longer see Sydney’s celebrated corpse flower. But what happens next is extraordinary.
- Angus Dalton
The night I accidentally became a corpse flower’s bedside manservant
I ran to the Royal Botanic Garden late last night – and accidentally became involved with the stinky, intimate art of Putricia’s pollination.
- Angus Dalton
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Their arms, legs and throats start randomly swelling. Then scientists ‘engineered’ a precision treatment
The swelling started with almost no warning, then seven-year-old Fiona Wardman’s hand ballooned like a rubber glove hooked to a tap.
- Liam Mannix
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- City life
Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming
Visitors are invited to come to smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the botanic garden before the flower withers and dies.
- Frances Howe and Angus Dalton
Corpse flower as it happened: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
Sydney’s long-awaited corpse flower has finally bloomed, drawing flies, creating hours-long queues and capturing thousands of online viewers. She will only remain in this state for around 24 hours.
- Frances Howe, Angus Dalton and Kayla Olaya
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