The Science Show - Separate stories podcast
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Aug 5, 2019
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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.
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Three brilliant scientists but not always right
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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How plants are responding to climate change and should we worry about introduced plants?
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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The value of deep-sea nodules for palaeontology and industry
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Have we found dark matter?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Tree bark home to methane-absorbing microbes
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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When did space weather start affecting technology?
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Why Roman concrete lasts for centuries
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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The extinct big cats that hunted our ancestors
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The AI maths wars
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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How algorithms shape what we read
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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AI reduces barriers for people with dyslexia
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Intervention to save a native plant
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Repurposed spy satellite to map the Universe
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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New approach to detecting and measuring concussion
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Where could bird flu go next?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Young scientists at the Beaker Street Festival
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Europe's dire fire season a warning of what's to come
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Mindset matters: Why optimists live longer than pessimists
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Why we value viciousness in friends
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Why are we ticklish?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Get real! – but how?
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Science for juniors through books and reflections on the mysteries of particle physics
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Scientists petition on gas tax and science funding
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Dust storms on Mars are out of this world
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Strong hint of a moon outside our Solar System
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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New Australian leader for Square Kilometre Array
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The redback sex-death somersault
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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The Butterfly Thief
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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The remarkable Scott sisters
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Who should be called Homo?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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The problem with fast-flowing rivers
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Feeding fats to corals
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The 'Hail Mary' effort to rescue a telescope
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Australians smashing it at CERN
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Vale botanist Peter Raven
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Pollen grains reveal Australia's first flowering plants
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Plants that trap insects
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Smelly feet attractive for nematodes
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: How do flowers know when to bloom?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Vale Bill Oddie
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Hurdles for new battery technology
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Victoria's first dark matter detector fires up
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Mathematics as the basis of western musical harmony and how J. S. Bach loved numbers
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: In an era of AI hacking, how safe is the census?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Descend two kilometres underground to the cleanest lab on Earth
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Mushroom Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Fungal Lives
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Animal senses that work as well in water as on land
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Powerful Maps and Their Makers
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Fluorescent sensors bring cell contents to life
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What will we see in a 10-year movie of the universe?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Botany courses becoming an endangered species
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Future Right Now reveals concerns of young people
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Mirror life risks catastrophe
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Diverse background ideal for leader in pioneering science
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Celebrating Charles Todd, father of the Overland Telegraph
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: How do we predict the snow season?
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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White possums in peril
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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How bacteria behave in the body
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Fossil graveyards an archive of climate and ecology
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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The future of sleep
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Gillard tribute to Ogilvie
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What's it like to be in a clinical trial?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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What Matters? prize-winners reflect on essays
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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The science of gluten-free baking
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Ultrasound used to monitor glaciers in Antarctica
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Aboriginal oral history offers clues about Australia’s volcanism
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Is AI taking over mathematics?
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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The making and storage of memory
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Quarantine to protect native mammals from bird flu
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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How education is being reshaped to open even more doors
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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The science of peace?
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Is space junk destroying the ozone layer?
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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How eugenics helped start the birth control movement
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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The search for elusive subatomic particles - deep in a Canadian nickel mine
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Terence Tao's King's birthday honour
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Bird brains help biologists understand human brains
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The bird flu risk for Aussie wildlife
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Auroras - seen on Earth at the poles and beyond
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Australia’s tropical herbarium
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Do insects feel pain?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The Selfish Gene turns 50
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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The role of cellular organelles in fighting pathogens such as toxoplasmosis
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Dangerously Well
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What happens when a whale dies?
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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How Australia can be a leader in clean energy
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Roads the biggest threat to tropical forests
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Echidnas – not only spiky, but strong with a large brain
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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The sword linking Filipino pirates to Lord Nelson
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Tallest tree in East Asia
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Plants can hear you
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Can AI talk whale?
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May 29, 2026 |
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Vale Bridget Ogilvie
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May 29, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Lead may be hiding in your clothing
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May 28, 2026 |
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Evolution on campus – and in your town
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May 22, 2026 |
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Do crickets feel pain?
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May 22, 2026 |
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Restoring the Daintree rainforest
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May 22, 2026 |
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E=mc2: an equation, a book and a musical for schools
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May 22, 2026 |
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Olympics sex testing will not produce conclusive results
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May 22, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Giant dino discovery fulfils a childhood dream
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May 21, 2026 |
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Epilepsy pioneer elected 21st president of the Australian Academy of Science
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May 15, 2026 |
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Kingsley Dixon shares his love for botany and the environment
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May 15, 2026 |
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The ins and outs of pollination
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May 15, 2026 |
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Preparing for the next pandemic
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May 15, 2026 |
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Bird flu moving around Antarctica, Australia threatened
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May 15, 2026 |
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Dark energy – is it running down?
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May 15, 2026 |
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Budget implications for science and research
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May 15, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Can AI chatbots make you delusional?
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May 14, 2026 |
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Ambitious Australia
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May 08, 2026 |
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Monster winds on alien worlds
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May 08, 2026 |
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Vaccines from mammal cells
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May 08, 2026 |
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Scientific challenges in Australia’s tropical north
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May 08, 2026 |
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David Attenborough celebrates 100 years
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May 08, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What happens if a major ocean current … stops?
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May 07, 2026 |
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Vale Desmond Morris
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May 01, 2026 |
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How to maintain young students’ enthusiasm for science
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May 01, 2026 |
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Research funding in Australia falters
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May 01, 2026 |
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Academy farewells CEO Anna-Maria Arabia
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May 01, 2026 |
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Isotopes reveal environmental deep history
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May 01, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: AI data centres are coming to remote Australia
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Future threatened if major changes don’t occur
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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More from Chloe Kwan
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Mapping - four engrossing stories
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Australia says no to major science collaboration
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Aussies loved Artemis II — and they want more
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Celebrating Artemis
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Rhonda Marriott wins WA premier's science award
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Parasitic worms used to treat autoimmune diseases
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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We exist thanks to viral DNA
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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15-year-old can't get enough science!
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Nylon that harvests energy from movement and pressure
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Getting the most bang for your fertiliser buck
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Is measles back?
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Carbon offsets – do they work?
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Will rising CO2 provide enhanced growth in the world’s forests?
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Applications for quantum mechanics
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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We know about the rain in Spain. But what about the rain on an ultra-hot Jupiter?
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Looking beyond the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Royal Society of NSW responds to Ambitious Australia report
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What can we grow on the Moon?
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Can we replace lab animals?
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Hope for seagrasses in a warming world
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Quantum 2.0 - The Past, Present, and Future of Quantum Physics
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Celebrating 10 years of gravitational waves
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Swimming robot to clean up oil
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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How to save underperforming R&D
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: NASA's mission to the Moon
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Singing and dancing tardigrades take to the stage
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Gut bacteria adjust to digest ultra-processed food
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Pottery reveals rich human history on Lizard Island
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Seagrasses perform a key ecological role
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Two marsupials thought to be extinct found in Indonesian Papua
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Super-K flu is here … but it's not our biggest problem
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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New account for the birth of language
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Making new life forms from DNA with help from AI!
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Australian honey also carries medicinal properties
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Formula One racing – is talk of sustainable fuel greenwashing?
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Slip! Slop! Slap! SUCCESS!
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Australian brilliance in radio astronomy
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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How finance intersects with space science
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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In praise of mid-sized planets
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Robyn rides in a driverless car
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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An asteroid chemist who studies LA lead levels
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Why air traffic won’t return to normal for months
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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A telescope that sees in the far infrared
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Correcting Hubble's vision
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Do baboons live in the Sahara desert?
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Surprises from Jane Goodall's archive
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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JAMA editor on the balance between science and politics
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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US science funding off the chopping block — for now
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The surprising history of the backyard sprinkler
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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As rabbit numbers boom, what's next for biological control?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Extinct giant roos could hop, study finds
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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The fuss over Little Foot's identity
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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How tiny bees stop elephants eating crops
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney prepares to celebrate 210 years
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Writing competition reveals what matters to young Australians!
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Cleaner air doesn’t help corals
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The cave where two human species may have met
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Skincare, pregnancy and a minefield of mixed messages
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Political knowledge worsens amongst young Australians
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Widespread benefits of school forest plots
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Offshore wind farms a haven for marine life
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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What matters to young Australians!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Can we tap the brakes on energy-hungry AI?
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Asteroids brought building blocks of life to Earth?
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Electric vehicles powering ahead
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Green cities develop near public transport lines
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Southern humpbacks in genetic strife
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Remote links inspiration – how to harness unlikely connections
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: What's behind the rising tree death rates?
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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New mysterious stellar object discovered
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Widespread benefits of school forest plots
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Science a strength at Curtin University
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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When did humans first reach Australia?
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Vale Emma Johnston
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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The road to net zero
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The oldest rock art in the world…that we know of
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Why UV levels are so high in Australia
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: The Treaty of the Metre: how the metre came to be
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Lab Notes: Why do whales strand en masse?
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: Tips to reduce microplastics exposure
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Searching for a new source of collagen – from crocodiles
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: How is sunscreen SPF tested?
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: How maths explains nature's weirdness
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Prove It!
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Science was always present for novelist Terry Pratchett
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Genetic rescue helps struggling native plant species
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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SIMS celebrates 20 years and shows how true collaboration brings great results
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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COP30 - Food security under threat with climate change
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: Are bioplastics the future of packaging?
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Space conference makes Sydney mission control
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Science Academy president urges business rethink on research and development
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Developing more options for people with sleep apnea
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Superstar of STEM - Rebecca Duncan
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Superstar of STEM - Nicola Lo
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: Why aurora season isn't over yet
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Top quark used to test quantum concepts
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Dog wags tail, or tail wags dog – the impact of increasing technology in our lives
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Mechanics of flowing lava used to protect people
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Showing possible career paths would encourage science graduates says new STA president
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Science writing bridges research and community understanding
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Boom time for geology? But university geology departments are shrinking or closing
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: How are long-range weather forecasts made?
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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2025 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Climate intervention becoming increasingly urgent
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Launch of The Best Australian Science Writing 2025 and the Bragg Prize for Science Writing
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: How breastfeeding can protect against cancer
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Lead ingots from a Roman shipwreck - a battle between the past and the future
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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2025 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: How your brain chooses your next snack
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Plant diseases impact native vegetation, gardens, crops
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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The Stronger Sex
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Our understanding of changes in biodiversity over time questioned
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Ancient people took wallabies to islands in canoes
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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New Scientist continues in print, boosts on-line
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: Times we thought we found aliens
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Robots well suited to dangerous drudge work in the chemistry lab
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Science OK in the UK
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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How rocks tell the history of Earth
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Signs of life beyond Earth?
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Greenhouse paint boosts usable light for plants
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Lab Notes: The extinct ape-like human relative that made tools
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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US Honeybees in steep decline
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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US Honeybees in steep decline
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Transfigured Sea – interweaving of human lives and sea creatures
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Charles Todd celebrated at Adelaide’s Marriott Hotel
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Uncertainty – a key aspect of our lives
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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World watching Australia’s social media ban for under-16s
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Jonathon Porritt charts lives of young British climate campaigners
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Oct 17, 2025 |