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A new year means new fitness goals. But options for people with disability are few and far between
Spider venom heart drug step closer
Machine learning predicts response to drug for arthritis in children
Extreme weather influencing mortgage payments
$3.6m NHMRC funding fuels innovative ideas
Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating
Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?
565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones
Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t
Do they see what we see? Bees and wasps join humans in being tricked by illusions of quantity
Concealing sexual identity may have impeded mpox care for some men
Bid to stamp out parasitic disease
Thousands of visitors flock to Australia’s national parks each year – and many take silly risks. How do we keep people safe?
Less than 10% of Australian scorpions are known to science. We’ve added two new species to the list
Key to young onset bowel cancer may be gut bacteria
Tropical forests surrender secrets in a boost for biodiversity
Giant ‘kings of apes’ once roamed southern China. We solved the mystery of their extinction
New analysis unlocks the hidden meaning of 15,000-year-old rock art in Arnhem Land
Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought
As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need
Dogs are incredible – if unlikely – allies in conservation
Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines
Cosmic chemistry unveils stellar dance: ALMA telescope discovers hidden orbit secrets
Think you’re good at multi-tasking? Here’s how your brain compensates – and how this changes with age
Want to buy a home telescope? Tips from a professional astronomer to help you choose
Hate salad or veggies? Just keep eating them. Here’s how our tastebuds adapt to what we eat
Thinking of a(nother) tattoo this summer? What you need to know about sunburn, sweating and fading
‘Foul and loathsome’ or jewels of the natural world? The complicated history of human-frog relations
Deep-sea squid gives up secrets
Morning sickness doesn’t only occur in the morning. So why do we still call it that?
Got period pain or cramps? What to eat and avoid, according to science
If you’ve got solar, can you run aircon without worrying about cost? Not quite
Is it OK if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables?
Australian beachgoers are told to always ‘swim between the flags’ – but what if there aren’t any?
Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia’s drylands
Giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families a voice through research
19-million-year-old fossil jaw bone hints the biggest whales first evolved somewhere unexpected
New health mapping study pinpoints cancer risk factors at local level
Academy Fellows receive prestigious International Science Council Fellowship
Curtin joins network using advanced imaging to tackle major global issues
Women want to see the same health provider during pregnancy, birth and beyond
Scientists fight new spread of tropical disease
Carbon credit to recycle concrete
Have we been trying to prevent suicides wrong all this time?
New ecosystem mapping workflow tackles unique challenges of Antarctic continent
Western researchers receive more than $2 million in NHMRC Ideas Grant funding
Achieving gender equity and diversity through research grant programs
Private landholders control 60% of the Australian continent – so let’s get them involved in nature protection