Coughing up the true cost of bushfires
A new study has calculated the full health costs of last summer’s bushfire crisis, with smoke-related health costs climbing to almost $2 billion. The study, led by the University...
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Balloon manufacturers’ bubble bursts
Marketing claims that latex balloons are biodegradable have been found to be a lot of hot air. Researchers from...
Researchers within a whisker of discovering ocean’s secrets
Researchers are using the whiskers of Antarctic fur seals to work out who’s eating who in the Southern Ocean....
Singing the coronavirus blues away
In the face of uncertainty caused by COVID-19, people are turning to creative pursuits and music to soothe their...
Grass of the sea, cut down by ocean heatwaves
At the very bottom of the aquatic food chain you find microscopic algae known as phytoplankton. Despite its humble...
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....
The three clans of COVID
Three different strands of the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, have been identified by Australian researchers as the pandemic...
A lesson in the value of learning
Sometimes a little extra understanding goes a long way. We can’t cure diseases like dementia, but we can help...
When life vanished into thin air
Take a deep breath: it seems the earth’s oxygen levels can fall dangerously low, leading to mass extinction. Don’t...
DNA test burrow into wombats’ family history
Two things we all know about wombats: they’re cute and they do square poos. But while genetic ancestry tests...