News NASA launches Europa Clipper into space in search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon …advanced scientific instruments, the unmanned Europa Clipper will perform more than 40 fly-bys, searching for signs of habitability and potential life in this alien environment. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket…
On This Day On this day: HMAS Sydney (II) mystery solved ON 16 MARCH 2008, 200km off the coast of Shark Bay in Western Australia, an international team of experts waited impatiently as a side-scan sonar searched for wreckage on the…
News Should we be reintroducing rare marsupials to the wild? …Australian marsupials to the wild. The research by Graham Fulton from the School of Biological Sciences at UQ, published this week in the Australian Journal of Zoology, argues for a…
Nature & Wildlife The twists and turns in snake evolution …Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The snout pointing to the right. Image Credit: Alessandro Palci New research headed to Australia Now Palci plans to continue his research focusing on two ancient…
News Dolphin breath gives up genetic clues …dishes, which were attached to poles long enough to reach the dolphins as they swam alongside the research vessel. A whale of a research time The research was then perfected…
History & Culture Great Aussie mysteries …Starving the brain of oxygen – I guess that’s one way to make parliamentary debate more exciting. Navy skindivers join the large-scale search for Prime Minister Harold Holt at Cheviot…
Science & Environment The surprising reason flowers wilt …reproduction. Lead author Honorary Professor Graham Pyke from Macquarie University says the findings help explain a common but poorly understood plant process. “Our research delivers the first direct demonstration that…
Nature & Wildlife Teaching toads: how we can save native species from cane toads …wiped out. Cane toads were introduced to destroy sugar cane pests. Image credit: Shutterstock Cane toads have so far proven unstoppable. But research suggests even if we can’t eradicate the toads,…
Science & Environment Meet the couple that travelled Australia in search of the best swimming spots …present swimming as a solo activity, avoiding peak seasons and searching for solitude. “We’ve included the more isolated spots as well, but we also wanted to capture the Australian identity,”…
