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Ancient lizard traps are ecologically important habitat
Across south-west Australia, Aboriginal peoples have long built lizard traps by propping up rocks on granite...
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NASA’s new telescope SPHEREx
NASA will soon launch a new telescope which it says will create the “most colourful” map...
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Nesting Mediterranean turtles feel the heat, too
Climate change is forcing sea turtles to nest earlier. Researchers monitoring nesting green and loggerhead turtles...
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Fish aggregation devices for Pacific islands tuna fishery
The threat of climate change has spurred the UN’s Green Climate Fund to provide a grant...
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Why do we remember dreams?
When you wake up from a dream, is your brain full of vivid details that you...
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New catalyst makes production of industrial chemical greener
Chemical engineers have discovered a greener way to make an industrial chemical used to produce many...
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Global glaciers melting at shocking rate and speeding up
Glaciers worldwide have lost a staggering 6,542 billion tonnes of ice in just 23 years –...
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Astronomers believe that Jupiter’s moon Callisto is a water world
Astronomers believe they have found evidence to support a 30-year-old theory that Jupiter’s moon Callisto has...
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Gravitational waves might exhibit quantum properties
Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But...
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A new solution to the problem of dwindling sand
Researchers are working with the mining industry to create a new source of sand – which at...
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Neanderthal inner ears suggest they didn’t evolve the way we thought
Research into the shape of Neanderthal inner ears challenges the theory that the extinct human species...
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Experts recommend against injections for some back pain
Spine injections offer little, or no pain relief for certain kinds of chronic back pain compared...
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King Thutmose II: First Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb found in more than a century, since Tutankhamun
King Thutmose II’s tomb has been found in Egypt – the first tomb found since 1922...
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New fossils found in Australia show a unique ecosystem with carnivorous dinosaurs
Dinosaur fossils found in southeastern Australia reveal a unique ecosystem unlike any other in the world....
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Emus aren’t as ‘dumb’ as we thought
Emus have a reputation for being “bird-brained” but a new study has found they can innovate...
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Nuclear fusion machine in France beats world record for the longest plasma duration
A nuclear fusion machine in southern France has maintained a plasma for more than 22 minutes,...
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Off switch for known driver of prostate cancer discovered
Scientists have figured out how one of the main drivers of prostate cancer, the enzyme Protein...
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Another coral bleaching event worries scientists
Australia’s sea-surface temperature anomalies are putting coral reefs at risk again. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...
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Dolphins, fish and shellfish under pressure on South Australia’s coastline
Marine scientists worried that key fish species, and “near threatened” dolphin and shellfish around South Australia’s...
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New carbon capture method turns up the heat
A centuries-old technique for making cement may be the key to large-scale carbon capture, according to...
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Oldest stone blade production in Arabia could answer how ancient humans left Africa
Archaeologists have found stones shaped into blades by ancient humans near the town of Al Madam...
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Mind-blowing weather found in exoplanet's atmosphere
Astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of an exoplanet some 900 light-years away and found powerful...
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Modelling shows how bright it can get inside the womb
Humans can’t remember their time in the womb, but new research suggests it might not be...
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How to train your fish
European researchers have made the startling claim that fish can recognise individual divers. In a peer...