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Why does my cat pee on the rug? Are they trying to tell me something?
Pexels/Helena Lopes, CC BY Susan Hazel, University of Adelaide and Julia Henning, University of Adelaide As cat researchers,…
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy
A technician conducting a review at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National…
Alone in a dark cave: what can we learn from extreme survival experiments?
Noah Silliman/Unsplash Rowena Christiansen, The University of Melbourne Why do humans undertake journeys of personal exploration, or subject…
Vaccination in pregnancy greatly reduces risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, and protects babies up to 6 months after birth
Extensive evidence shows COVID-19 vaccinations in pregnancy are safe, when given at any time during the pregnancy. (Shutterstock)…
The melting Arctic is a crime scene. The microbes I study have long warned us of this catastrophe – but they are also driving it
Arwyn Edwards, Aberystwyth University The Arctic’s climate is warming at least four times faster than the global average,…
Astronomers see ancient galaxies flickering in slow motion due to expanding space
NASA / ESA / J. Olmsted (STScI) Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney According to our best understanding of…
Australian researchers confirm world’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in a female athlete
Stephen Townsend, The University of Queensland; Alan Pearce, La Trobe University, and Rebecca Olive, RMIT University Researchers at…
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure
Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that…
The earth might hold huge stores of natural hydrogen – and prospectors are already scouring South Australia for it
Shutterstock Linda Stalker, CSIRO Hydrogen comes in an ever-increasing range of colours. Green hydrogen, made by cracking water…
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather phenomenon baking Texas and forecast to expand
A heat dome began sizzling Texas and its neighbors in mid-June 2023, with warm nights providing little relief.…