News Family unit still strong, research says Families are surviving despite predictions of their demise decades ago, new research reports….
News Researchers discover how temperature affects the sex of reptiles …on the research. The team of researchers studied the Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules of bearded dragon lizards that were functional females, but genetically male, and then compared these to molecules…
News The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science …This is the ultimate ambition behind the research of the 2016 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research winners, which was awarded to Melissa Little and Minoru Takasato from the Murdoch…
History & Culture Lasseter's Reef: Will it ever be found? …AG stories, been the subject of numerous books and films – including the 2012 documentary Lasseter’s Bones – and inspired countless adventurers to launch expeditions to Central Australia in search…
Science & Environment What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids? …Cell Research call for research where human gametes could be generated from human-animal chimeras to be prohibited, but supports research using human-animal chimeras conducted under appropriate review and oversight. Chimeric…
Science & Environment Record high to record low: what on earth is happening to Antarctica’s sea ice? …sea ice hold it is certain that the large year-to-year swings of Antarctica’s climate will continue to make this a challenging but critical environment for research. Nerilie Abram, Senior Research…
AG Blog Searching for the Tasmanian tiger in PNG IN DECEMBER 2010, the AG Society-sponsored adventurer Andrew Hughes headed into the wilderness in an attempt to see if the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine – declared officially extinct in 1986…
News Prehistoric megalodon could swallow a great white shark whole, research shows In a new 3D modelling study published in Science Advances, we show that the giant extinct shark, Otodus megalodon, was a true globetrotting super-predator. It was capable of covering vast…