Sex at sea, breathless caterpillars and asteroid dust
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about sex at sea; asteroid dust; breathless caterpillars; seeds as pills; and […]
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Women in Science
The complex life of coral
Tracy Ainsworth James Cook University Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected. Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef. Her work …
Women in Science
Five years of L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellows
2011 marks the fifth year that L’Oréal Australia will award its For Women in Science Fellowships to Australian early-career female scientists. Since its inception in 2007, the Fellowships, worth $20,000 each, have been awarded to 14 outstanding fema…
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Electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, and sensing date-rape drugs
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, symbiotic threesomes, sensing date-rape drugs, and more…
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Australia’s big twist, slipped discs, poisonous rats and hungry bats
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Australia’s big twist; slipped discs; poisonous rats; hungry bats; and more…
Botanical Congress, Media releases
IdentifyLife and Atlas of Living Australia joint release
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, Communication Manager, Atlas of Living Australia. Photos available. “The beginning of wisdom is to call a thing
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Personal helicopters, pruney fingers and screwed up beetles
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about personal helicopters; pruney fingers; screwed up beetles; rig recycling; and more…
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Protecting medical implants against hacking, restoring memories, and rocking adults to sleep
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about protecting medical implants from hacking; restoring memories; rocking adults to sleep;
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Living lasers, scuba diving spiders and magnetic blood flow
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about living lasers; scuba diving spiders; magnetic blood flow; genes that make
Fresh Science
Samurai of the sea
What sawfish really do with their saw
Scientists thought that sawfish used their saw to probe the sea bottom for food. But a Cairns researcher has found that these large (5 metres or more) and endangered fish actually use the saw to locate and dismember free-swimming fish – using a sixth sense that detects electric fields. […]