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Bees can add and subtract, new research shows

…the course of the training. Showing that a bee can combine simple arithmetic and symbolic learning has identified numerous areas of research to expand into, such as whether other animals…

Science & Environment

Searching for space rocks

…easier any search would be. Their analysis showed that the object came in at a very steep angle, with a velocity of 50,000km/h, and punched down low in the atmosphere,…

Nature & Wildlife

Quolls eat humans: Research reveals 111 times they made a meal of us

…it had been gnawed away by native cats (quolls). The body was very much decomposed”. This report is not isolated. My recent research has found 111 accounts between 1831 and…

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Research on feeding the world wins PM’s Prize for Science

…Professor Graham Farquhar’s research has transformed our understanding of photosynthesis, led to the development of drought-resistant wheat varieties and probed a mystery about declining evaporation rates and wind speeds around…

History & Culture

Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago, new research shows

…world. In Australia, most fire occurs in the vast tropical savannas of the country’s north. In new research published in Nature Geoscience, we show Indigenous management of fire in these…

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Search for Shackleton’s sunken ship, Endurance, underway

SCIENTISTS HAVE begun the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, the ship abandoned by the legendary Antarctic explorer and his team back in 1915. The lost ship was reportedly crushed by…

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Google program helping research

…for researchers Without having access to Google’s data, Elizabeth’s research would not be possible, she says. “It just wouldn’t be an option. At the moment we look over very large…

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Shark deterrent research: WA pledges $2m

THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT has announced $2 million in funding for shark hazard-reduction research, following one of the worst years for shark attacks in the state’s history. Over the last…

Biodiversity

‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years

…suffered five mass bleaching events in the past nine summers. Is this an anomaly, or within the natural variability the reef has experienced in previous centuries? Our research set out…

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Scientists to search for Tassie tigers in Queensland

A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS is headed to Far North Queensland as early as next month to search for the long-lost Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine), based on what they say are detailed…

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