Science & Environment
The science behind frost patterns
Sure, the frost on your windscreen is a pain, but check out this work of art, courtesy of Mother Nature.
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‘Teddy bear’ bees emerge from burrows in their thousands
The breeding season for the Dawson’s burrowing bee is unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
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‘Old man’ of the sea: rare, giant 400-year-old coral discovered
The 400-year-old coral structure has been named Muga dhambi.
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Predict the weather without a forecast
While you’re in lockdown why not learn a new skill – like predicting the weather sans technology.
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Australia may warm by four degrees or more this century, the IPCC has found
Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns.
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‘Closest thing we have to a real life dragon’: Australia’s largest flying reptile discovered
This dragon-like pterosaur dominated the skies above the Eromanga Sea millions of years ago.
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Yep, bird-eating centipedes exist
This heavy-armoured, 23.5cm long centipede rules Phillip Island, preying on its seabird chicks. But it’s the hero of this recovery story.
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The best astrophotography of 2021
These photographs of space are like nothing you’ve seen before.
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Frogs are dying in large numbers across eastern Australia. Scientists don’t know why
Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia and scientists need your help to find out why.
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Great success on Barrier Reef citizen science expedition
Fifty additional species to the Living Coral Biobank Project, dwarf minke whales, coral surveys and a new species discovery mark inaugural citizen science voyage.