Awards 2019 Winners of the Australian Geographic Society Awards announced …episode, the two brothers, along with their wives and children in their signature kombi vans, explored locations suggested by viewers. The public sent them in search of lost monuments, rumoured…
News Honesty is the only policy for seniors …Halberstadt, from New Zealand’s University of Otago, has found older adults are worse at detecting lies than young people. The research also suggests seniors have difficulty lying as persuasively as…
News Dinosaurs would still exist if the asteroid had landed almost anywhere else THE DECLINE OF the dinosaurs, the rise of mammals and, ultimately, the origins of humans were even more unlikely than previously thought, according to new research. The huge asteroid collision…
Science & Environment This is why you should love spiders …so closely tied that exposure to different chemicals has specific effects on how the webs are spun. Other research suggests the blue colour in tarantulas evolved independently at least eight…
Science & Environment The 'moss forests' of Antarctica are dying THE LUSH MOSS beds that grow near East Antarctica’s coast are among the only plants that can withstand life on the frozen continent. But our new research shows that these…
News Noise caused by marine oil and gas exploration potentially affects whale migration AIR GUNS used for marine oil and gas exploration are loud enough to affect humpback whales up to 3km away, potentially affecting their migration patterns, according to our new research.…
Wildlife VIDEO: Catching whale 'blows' …assessment stage, before taking ‘blow’ and tissue samples. (Video courtesy Fletcher Mingramm / UQ) There she blows A day in the field for the scientists involves launching their research vessel…
News Poo makes whales carbon neutral WHALES ARE CARBON NEUTRAL on account of their poo, new research on the Southern Ocean has shown. The excretion of nutrient-rich poo boosts the growth of plankton in the ocean,…
News Sex appeal is all in a tilt of the head …is a tilt of the head. A woman’s face is often judged to be more feminine and attractive if she tilts her face forward, according to new research, whereas a…
News Cows see danger better on the left …possible dangers. Research from Professor Clive Phillips and Dr Andrew Robins at the University of Queensland has revealed that cows are better able to perceive danger if they’re approached on…