Dr Karl: Need to Know
Sniffing out Parkinson’s disease
We know of one (that’s correct, only one!) person able to smell Parkinson’s disease, before the symptoms became visible some 14 years later.
Tim the Yowie Man
Gravity hills can be explained by spirit levels, not spiritual forces
Gravity hills, spook hills, magnetic hills, mystery hills, or anti-gravity hills… whatever you choose to call them, there’s a simple explanation behind these national and global phenomena.
Tim the Yowie Man
The spectacle of Sydney’s ‘Flying Pieman’
It’s one of those yarns you hear sitting around a pub on a Friday evening and accept with a grain or two of salt.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
Neanderthal DNA kills superbugs
Proteins found in ancient Neanderthal DNA might help fight modern antibiotic resistance.
Creatura Blog
Ouch, my heart: the Mareeba rock wallaby
Meet the adorable Mareeba rock wallaby (Petrogale mareeba), found in just one place in the world.
Creatura Blog
Hydrosaurus lizards look like old-timey dinosaurs
Remember, back in the day, when all of our dinosaur toys looked like this beautifully posed Hydrosaurus lizard?
Tim the Yowie Man
Blade trees: the uniquely Australian bush enigma
Dotted around the Riverina and outback New South Wales are several intriguing old river red gums with hand shears embedded in their trunks.
Creatura Blog
Yellow crazy ant genes are like nothing we’ve ever seen before
Yellow crazy ants are the worst.
Dr Karl: Need to Know
At this exact time every year more than 90% of the world’s population are in sunlight
On Reddit, I came across the following statement: “Every year on 8 July at about 11.15 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), approximately 99.164 per cent of the world’s population is between dawn and dusk.” Amazingly, it turns out to be only 6 per cent wrong!
Creatura Blog
This super-rare giant glider has a voice like a lawnmower
How is the mahogany glider not a household name?