Photographic memory
Cameras have been using light to make memories for years. Soon computers could do it too, thanks to a...
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Fairy snail ending
It’s not often the glandular secretions of an obscure gastropod get to be the hero of the story but...
Breakfast, crunch and dinner
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, especially if you like to smoke or drink. Research...
Other side of the groin
Sometimes less is more. Fighting for your life in Accident and Emergency, the last thing you want is an...
Insect aside
Scared of spiders? Better not visit the Northern Territory. We all know Australia’s tropical zone is home to more...
Waste not want not
Researchers at The University of Adelaide have taken recycling to a whole new level, using faecal transplants to treat...
A spoonful of interference to ward off COVID -19
Australian researchers might have found a way to get up the nose of COVID-19. A drug called interferon, dropped...
Smoke of genius
Skies shrouded in smoke: for many of us it’s the defining image of last summer. However, unpleasant as it...
COLD ROCK: Antarctica researchers on solid ground
A geological breakthrough has delivered ground truth about what’s under all that ice in a remote part of Antarctica....
A nation of couch potatoes
We don’t move enough in the best of times, and researchers are concerned that being more home-bound during the...