Hair of the dog is man’s best friend for oil spill clean-up
Companies using synthetic materials to clean up oil spills on land have been barking up the wrong tree. Scientists have found dog fur is much more effective at cleaning...
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United against COVID, Aussies are taking the corona threat seriously
While we’re physically further apart than ever before, Australians are closely aligned in their attitudes to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Drive-by design ready for COVID test
There are pop-up stores, kit kitchens and all sorts of easy-to-assemble equipment. Now, there’s a COVID-19 hospital-in-a-box. A consortium...
Nest egg investment? Don’t hedge your bets
If you know anything about investing, you’ll know it’s important to diversify your interests – right? Well, a new...
Nest egg investment? Don’t hedge your bets.
If you know anything about investing, you’ll know it’s important to diversify your interests – right? Well, a new...
Looking after mums on the inside
Sometimes mothers end up in prison and researchers from University of Technology Sydney and The University of Newcastle have...
Illicit drugs show their true colours
It’s scary when young people take drugs without even knowing what they are. What’s scarier is the experts often...
Low marks for parks
Boggy puddles, patchy grass and fading paint. The sorry state of many of our local sports grounds is making...
Cereal’s colour trumps health star rating
For parents deciding what goes in their kids’ cereal bowls, health star ratings lose to colours say researchers from...
Bitter taste receptors hold key to treating asthma
More than 300 million people worldwide, including one-in-nine Australians, suffer from asthma. Sufferers experience a wide range of debilitating,...