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After flooding rains come fires
More catastrophic bushfire seasons are being predicted, despite two years of deluges along the eastern seaboard.
Category: Science and Environment
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First images from James Webb Space Telescope reveal distant galaxies in mind-blowing detail
Travel back into the early Universe with these spectacular images of the deep cosmos.
History and Culture
Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science
Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term solutions from politicians and researchers.
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Trouble in paradise for Lord Howe Island’s shearwaters
Failing fledglings in a seabird colony on a subtropical island in the South Pacific could be a sign of a growing global disaster…and it has nothing to do with climate change.
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Scientists track 77 species for up to 60 years to try to reveal the secrets of long life
Ever wondered about the secret to a long life? Perhaps understanding the lifespans of other animals with backbones (or “vertebrates”) might help us unlock this mystery.
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North Coast NSW emus in dire need of a saviour
A declining and isolated population of emus on the NSW North Coast is in danger of disappearing, but new genetic research will help rescuers work out the best way to help the group recover.
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Australian frogs are dying en masse again, and we need your help to find out why
Last winter, thousands of dead and dying frogs were found across Australia. Instead of hunkering down and out of sight, frogs were spotted during the day in the open, on footpaths, highways and doorsteps – often in the blazing sun.
Science & Environment
Do mirages exist on Mars?
If you’ve travelled across Australia’s inland plains, you’ve probably noticed light patches in the arid landscape that look like distant stretches of water.
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Aussie scientist helps identify a ‘missing evolutionary link’ and resolve a century-old mystery
A 390-million-year-old fossil that’s baffled scientists for more than a century has been identified as a creature that lived between water and land.
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Steve Irwin’s long-lost bum-breathing turtle rediscovered in northern Queensland
The iconic Irwin’s turtle lives on!