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Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years ago
Jacob van Zoelen, Author provided Jacob van Zoelen, Flinders University; Aaron Camens, Flinders University, and Gavin Prideaux, Flinders…
3 little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse
Chanchai Phetdikhai, Shutterstock Pascal Scherrer, Southern Cross University This week in Paris, negotiators from around the world are…
Beavers are the undiscovered engineers of the boreal forest
The beaver lives at the intersection of the aquatic and forest environments, so its presence increases interactions between…
Have we got the brain all wrong? A new study shows its shape is more important than its wiring
Shutterstock James Pang, Monash University and Alex Fornito, Monash University The human brain is made up of around…
Europe has lost over half a billion birds in 40 years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers
Farmland birds like the corn bunting have seen their numbers plummet since 1980. Aurélien Audevard, Author provided Richard…
Drugs that melt away pounds still present more questions than answers, but Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro could be key tools in reducing the obesity epidemic
Despite the promise of drugs that can help people shed pounds, healthy lifestyle choices are still key to…
Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods
An invasive lionfish at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico. G. P. Schmahl/NOAA,…
Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics
Phew: heat plus humidity can make Bangkok an uncomfortable place in a heatwave. Pavel V.Khon/SHutterstock Alan Thomas Kennedy-Asser,…
Good vibrations: how listening to the sounds of soil helps us monitor and restore forest health
pxfuel Jake M Robinson, Flinders University; Carlos Abrahams, Nottingham Trent University, and Martin Breed, Flinders University Nurturing a…
What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden
You can’t see inside any opaque box, but the color black adds an air of mystery. chingraph/iStock via…