News Cows see danger better on the left …possible dangers. Research from Professor Clive Phillips and Dr Andrew Robins at the University of Queensland has revealed that cows are better able to perceive danger if they’re approached on…
News Sex appeal is all in a tilt of the head …is a tilt of the head. A woman’s face is often judged to be more feminine and attractive if she tilts her face forward, according to new research, whereas a…
News Poo makes whales carbon neutral WHALES ARE CARBON NEUTRAL on account of their poo, new research on the Southern Ocean has shown. The excretion of nutrient-rich poo boosts the growth of plankton in the ocean,…
News Death by vinegar: new weapon against coral-eating starfish NEW RESEARCH HAS found that the use of vinegar injections to kill the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS, Acanthaster planci) is an effective way of reducing the damaging impact the starfish…
Wildlife VIDEO: Catching whale 'blows' …assessment stage, before taking ‘blow’ and tissue samples. (Video courtesy Fletcher Mingramm / UQ) There she blows A day in the field for the scientists involves launching their research vessel…
Wildlife The race against Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome …and other research has ruled out countless suspected causes already, so we’re getting very close to discovering the cause in the current round of research from samples from this last…
AG Blog 2008 AG Society awards wrap …years of underwater conservation work, including their groundbreaking research into shark behaviour. “Although adventurers draw more attention, we regard our support of research as one of the Society’s most important…
News Aussies win Ig Nobel Awards 2015 …the 10 languages he and his research team studied, because what all language has in common is two-way conversations where we basically have to interject quickly and discreetly when we…
Science & Environment Supercomputer pinpoints a meteorite’s origin A fine example of their capabilities comes from recent research on the origin of a unique meteorite found in Western Sahara in 2011. Nicknamed ‘Black Beauty’, the meteorite is one…
News Seafloor landslides point to ancient tsunamis UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES MAY HAVE been triggering tsunamis along Australia’s eastern coast up to 15 million years ago, a study has found. On Tuesday a research team, led by geologist Dr Tom…