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It sounds like science fiction. But we can now sample water to find the DNA of every species living there
Shutterstock Maarten De Brauwer, CSIRO and Oliver Berry, CSIRO Figuring out what species live in an ecosystem, and…
We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct
Crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Jake Newman-Martin,…
Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine – new clues
Richard Buka, University of Birmingham and Samantha Montague, University of Birmingham AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of…
We need a single list of all life on Earth – and most taxonomists now agree on how to start
Sumruay Rattanataipob/Shutterstock Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University and Aaron M. Lien, University of Arizona Species lists are one…
The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?
Luke Jones/Unsplash Allen Cheng, Monash University Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest global threats to health, food…
Will Saturn’s rings really ‘disappear’ by 2025? An astronomer explains
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland If you can get your hands on a telescope,…
Luminous ‘mother-of-pearl’ clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming
YanaBu, Shutterstock Katrin Meissner, UNSW Sydney; Deepashree Dutta, University of Cambridge, and Martin Jucker, UNSW Sydney Our planet…
A new theory linking evolution and physics has scientists baffled – but is it solving a problem that doesn’t exist?
Tim Johnson / Unsplash Bill Bateman, Curtin University In October, a paper titled “Assembly theory explains and quantifies…
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…
Is it a cold, flu or hay fever? How to tell symptoms apart – and boost your immune system
Many hay fever and cold symptoms in particular overlap. Dragana Gordic/ Shutterstock Samuel J. White, Nottingham Trent University…