Fowl play builds bird brains
Australian scientists have been researching the state of play with bird brains, discovering that, contrary to popular wisdom, it is not tool use that dictates brain mass. A new...
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Digesting the gut’s relationship with mental health
Everyone’s unique responsiveness to medication is now more than a gut feeling thanks to new research. Australian scientists have...
Resilience could be determined by your postcode
Your ability to be cope in the face of a natural disaster might depend on where you live. Researchers...
Chip of the old croc
A tiny piece of precious stone was all it took identify the ancestor of one of our most ancient...
Logging by the book
Is timber harvesting really compatible with a healthy environment? Research from the University of New England and Griffith University...
Better to be beard than loved (but maybe you can be both)
If beards could talk what would they say? Researchers at The University of New England think they know after...
Dung beetles reveal their top dropping
Most of us would struggle to tell one pile from another but dung beetles clearly distinguish the first rate...
Seventeen minutes to better health
Too busy to burn calories? Well, there’s good news for those of us living life in the fast lane...
Why red wine can trigger migraines
Wine may be the nectar of the gods and chocolate the treat we all love to eat, but for...
Unlocking the secrets of the green-and-gold
New understanding of the wattle family’s ‘plumbing’ could provide clues to how plants will survive climate change, says a...