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Flora & Fauna

Wild cockatoos learn to drink from water fountain

…how complex they are,” Dr Lucy Aplin, an Australian National University behavioural ecologist involved in the discovery, told Australian Geographic. A cockie ‘tradition’ Dr Aplin’s research is focused on how…

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World first: trials begin to seed the threatened Great Barrier Reef with thousands of healthy baby corals

In what’s believed to be the world’s largest coral restoration research trial, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and collaborators are releasing 100,000 new baby corals on the Great…

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Australia's best innovators of 2014 awarded

…Sciences and Engineering) Clunies Ross Awards for bridging the gap between research and the marketplace. Like former winners Professor Ian Frazer, inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine; Nobel laureate Dr…

Science & Environment

Farming high in a Himalayan desert

…training sessions and foster networks among communities, encouraging organic, cooperative farming methods. High-end research Meanwhile, the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), as its name suggests, is engaged in…

Adventure

Australia's most dangerous predators

…slept, would not be alive. After seeking medical attention quickly, he made a full recovery. And a red-back spider? From the Australian Venom Research Unit at the University of Melbourne:…

Nature & Wildlife

Everything you need to know about magpie season

…at you, you leave. They’re successful.” His extensive research into magpies shows that 99 per cent of swoops on humans are by male birds. When a female bird swoops, it’s…

Science & Environment

Australian Geographic to screen lost Moon footage

…during a decade-long search for the original recordings of the moonwalk, and involved lengthy detective work and clandestine meetings, says astronomer and telescope operator John Sarkissian from the CSIRO at…

Science & Environment

Plants can talk to each other

PLANTS THAT RESPOND to sound and ‘click’ to communicate with each other is surely the realm of science fiction. No anymore, according to research released this week by the University…

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Regenerating brains study wins science award

…institute, Perry’s research examines the link between exercise and stem cells in ageing brains. The research suggests that the brain is constantly producing new neurons, which impacts brain functions such…

Science & Environment

Trees have biological clocks

…research could be useful in an era of tackling climate change. Using observational data collected from forests around the world, Resco’s team tested whether a change in environmental conditions affected…

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