Sticking together keeps fish calmer
Coral reef fish get stressed and lose weight if they are separated from each other, new research about the Great Barrier Reef has found.
Environment
Designer rice could help beat disease
Increasing the production of resistant starch in rice could improve the health of more than half of the world’s...
New Milky Way map to help solve galaxy’s mysteries
Astronomers in Germany and Australia have charted the most abundant element in the universe to give an unprecedented view...
Asteroid crater rocks to shed light on beginnings of life
Studying core samples from the Chicxulub crater could show how life re-established itself after the devastating asteroid impact 66...
Fireworks still more dangerous than sharks
The prevalence of unprovoked shark bites is increasing, but it still remains a very small cause of human injury...
Australia loses vital rain as climate change shifts winds
Climate change is reducing rain in southern Australia by shifting winds towards Antarctica.
New insights into how Australia’s first peoples populated the continent
Clever use of water sources was key to how Australia was populated over 47,000 years ago.
How science is saving Australia’s coastline – Keep it clever
Storm surges, king tides, beach erosion, flooding – they’re among the perils of living in a coastal community. Now...
Tiny but feisty: David Attenborough’s new namesake – Keeping it clever
A University of New South Wales discovery team has unearthed the fossil remains of a new species of tiny...
Natural enzymes break the cycle of superbug resistance
The use of antibiotics in meat production is one of the factors contributing to the rise of multi-drug resistant...