Science & Environment
Skin feeders: living with dust mites
These microscopic arachnids are ubiquitous and so numerous that, try as you might, they’re impossible to avoid.
Tag: biology
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Bubble findings aid cell research
New insight into bubbles may help scientists to better study living cells.
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Saving kangaroos with dingo urine
Experts say that synthetic dingo urine could be used an effective repellent to prevent kangaroos being shot by farmers.
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‘Extinct’ waterlily back from the dead
The world’s smallest waterlily is flourishing in captivity after it was found to be extinct in the wild in 2008.
Nature & Wildlife
Aussie bat research 100 years behind
You might be shocked to learn that many Australian mammals are unknown to science. Taxonomist Harry Parnaby says it’s time to turbo-charge research.
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Crickets found to pollinate plants
In a world first, a cricket is found helping a plant to reproduce.