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CAT scan with cats: kids misunderstand medical jargon
Medicine is famous for its jargon, and adults regularly have trouble interpreting it. That goes double...
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How much fossil carbon is stored in our stuff?
Human-made materials – the “technosphere” – are a deep store of fossil carbon – and possibly...
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Quantum teleportation performed over internet cables
Researchers have used a fibre-optic internet cable to perform quantum teleportation – while it simultaneously sent...
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Greenland ice sheet thinning at alarming rate
Joint research involving satellites from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have uncovered extreme thinning...
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What if putting on sunblock actually cooled you off?
A new sunblock which protects the skin from UV rays also reduces heat from the sun,...
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Prehistoric rock reveals clues to ancient ocean anoxic event
Rocks from Mount Ashibetsu in Japan have revealed important information about an ancient global environmental crisis,...
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Watch swarms of ant-like microrobots lift heavy objects
Robots traversing lifting and guiding objects. Credit: Device, Yang and Won Nanoengineers have designed tiny magnetic...
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Massive black hole takes a ‘nap’ in the early universe
A team of international astronomers has detected a massive black hole in the early universe that...
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Scientists grow a 'notochord' for the first time in the lab
Scientists have figured out how to coax human stem cells to develop into the “notochord”, which...
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More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died as human tolerance breached
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj – the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca....
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Surgeons show superior coordination – and more cursing
Surgeons are better than other hospital staff when completing a dexterity-based children’s game, according to a...
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This is what happens when tropical cyclones collide
In April 2021, tropical cyclones Seroja and Odette clashed in the southeastern Indian Ocean, just north-west...
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Flexible, recyclable, 3D-printed plastic
Researchers have developed a way to 3D-print a plastic which is cheap, recyclable, stretchable, and flexible....
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Carnivorous squirrels exist and they live in California
Evidence of widespread carnivorous behaviour among squirrels has been documented for the first time in a...
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Abortions survey says women unprepared for the pain
A British survey has found that many women choosing medical abortions at home are unprepared for...
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LISTEN: Archaeology by ancestors
As part of the Ultramarine project we are diving into our archives and republishing some paid content...
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“Accidental” 8-year CEO of Geoscience Australia retires, advocates deep time
“I feel privileged to have had a career that put me in touch with deep geological...
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Binary star lurking near our galaxy’s centre surprises astronomers
Astronomers have detected a binary star right near the supermassive black hole at the mysterious centre...
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The mystery of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b’s atmosphere
The question of whether an atmosphere exists around the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b has continued to challenge...
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Friends of the Red Handfish: a dive into the archive
As part of the Ultramarine project we are republishing some paid content for free. This long read was...
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Waterbird numbers almost halved after drier 2024
The annual aerial bird survey of rivers and wetlands across the Murray-Darling Basin in eastern Australia...
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New research shows how to improve your flexibility
Can you reach down and touch your toes without bending your knees? Can you reach both...
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8000 years of Indigenous history revealed on Peninsula
Archaeologists are filling in gaps about Indigenous populations on coastal and island sites of Yorke Peninsula,...
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Rings of Saturn might not be so young
It’s a favourite adage of science bores (myself included): sharks are older than the rings of...