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Trees are better at designing habitat than we are. Can we use machine learning to get some tips?
Think you can trust every website? One typo and you could be caught in a phishing trap.
Many residents in Australia’s aged care homes are not receiving the level of care they need and are entitled to, a new analysis has found.
A 500-million-year-old find reveals previously unknown features of the sea creatures responsible for some of palaeontology’s most recognisable fossils.
Residents of drone delivery trial sites say the initial novelty has worn off and concerns about long-term impacts are growing
Increasing coral bleaching will be worst for the most biodiverse reefs along the equator, impacting the livelihoods and nutrition of the people who depend on them.
Our purpose-built “frog saunas” allow amphibians to warm up in winter and bake off chytrid infections. You can even DIY and build a frog sauna for your own backyard with our step-by-step guide.
Young people use social media to connect with culture and community, and to have a voice on political issues that concern them.
Wool, cotton, polyester? Here’s what we found when it comes to choosing the right textiles for sleep.
Yearly growth lines and a conveyor belt of molars show how marsupial teeth carry a surprising amount of information.
Life depends on Earth’s ancient continental crust – but there are only a few places where remnants of it can still be seen today.
In a new study, we found that a program combining walking and education can effectively reduce the recurrence of low back pain.
Burnt-up satellites could dump hundreds of tonnes of aluminium in the stratosphere every year. An atmospheric chemist explains what that might mean
People who have a lower threshold for defining distress as a disorder are more likely to identify themselves as having a mental illness.
Norfolk Island green parrots are self-medicating with pepper tree bark and leaves, to rid themselves of parasites. But is there more to it? Birds are known to indulge in alcohol and take stimulants.
Enigmatic organisms called archaea can harvest energy from hydrogen, and new research is revealing exactly how they do it.
Taking more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by stashing it in the ocean seems like a good idea, but it could backfire if tiny marine animals called zooplankton get extra hungry.
Here’s why so few drug candidates in animal trials end up as human therapies.
When we look at the study itself, it seems the media coverage has focused on a tiny aspect of the research, and is misleading.
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