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The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out
Oleksii Synelnykov/Shutterstock Klara Widrig, Smithsonian Institution Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded…
12,000-year-old smoked mummies reveal world’s earliest evidence of human mummification
12,000-year-old smoked mummies reveal world’s earliest evidence of human mummification A middle-aged woman, discovered in a tightly flexed position…
AI companies want copyright exemption, but the arts minister says there are ‘no plans’ to weaken these laws. What’s going on?
John Potts, Macquarie University “We have copyright laws,” said arts minister Tony Burke last week. “We have no…
How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries
Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock Bin Lu, Australian National University and Marnie Shaw, Australian National University As the electrification of transport…
Pumped up with poison: new research shows many anabolic steroids contain toxic metals
MilosStankovic/Getty Images Timothy Piatkowski, Griffith University Eighteen-year-old Mark scrolls Instagram late at night, watching videos of fitness influencers…
Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble
Victor Huertas, Author provided Kate Marie Quigley, James Cook University and Andrew Hamilton Baird, James Cook University The…
Moonlight basking and queer courting: new research reveals the secret lives of Australian freshwater turtles
Rob D the Pastry Chef, Shutterstock Deborah Bower, University of New England; Donald McKnight, James Cook University; Eric…
Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative
Growing Beyond Earth Kim Johnson, La Trobe University A pink glow is shining on the faces of enthusiastic…
A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?
Shutterstock Moninya Roughan, UNSW Sydney; Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney; Junde Li, and Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney Right now,…
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…