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Incremental environmental change can be as hazardous as a sudden shock – managing these ‘slow-burning’ risks is vital
New depth of understanding about how camouflage takes shape
Puppy yoga? Goat meditation? An animal welfare scientist explores what these activities might mean for the cute creatures
Life in maars: why it’s worth protecting a spectacular fossil site NZ almost lost to commercial mining interests
Long and slow or fast and furious: the clever way blue-green algae hedge their bets in blooms
Uncovering early Māori settlement on the Subantarctic Islands
Very real pain of not knowing
The true origins of the world’s smallest and weirdest whale
Five steps to a world of intelligent life
All animal intelligence was shaped by just 5 leaps in brain evolution
A neutrino portrait of our galaxy reveals high-energy particles from within the Milky Way
Cosmological models are built on a simple, century-old idea — but new observations demand a radical rethink
Here Comes Sun
QUT scientist wins prestigious Royal Science of Chemistry award
Two innovative research teams win Royal Society of Chemistry’s prestigious Horizon Prizes
New Zealand needs to up its biosecurity game to protect the country from the next devastating pest threat
Better vision through movement
Ecological Society of Australia honours leading conservation scientist
Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years ago
RSPCA to use vet treatment room at new pound
Climate change believers are more likely to cooperate with strangers, new research finds
Researchers reveal impact of ancient earthquake
Academy Fellow among Australian scientists elected to Royal Society
Singing humpback whales respond to wind noise, but not boats
Ludwig Lausanne’s Douglas Hanahan elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Photos give men voice to discuss mental distress
QPS and RSPCA join forces to fight animal cruelty and domestic and family violence
Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean’s role as climate regulator is changing
Why tobacco companies’ warnings about a black market are inflated – and misleading
Sir Mark Oliphant archival collection now available online
Of mice and men: Fathers’ social experience influences sons’ sperm quality
Synchrotron techniques reveal structural details of fossilised fragment of a rare Australian dinosaur skull
95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur skull first of its kind in Australia
First near-complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Australia hints at ancient links between continents
Significant step in fight against drug resistance in TB
How digital marketing of legal but harmful products escalates health threats to the most vulnerable
Nano inks could change how we use energy
New Engineering and Information Sciences Appointment to lead change
Why do animals living with humans evolve such similar features? A new theory could explain ‘domestication syndrome’
Constantly posting to social media? Try being mouse
Artificial light at night aids caterpillar predators
Malfunctioning immune cell behaviour could be drug target in Long Covid
The red and yellow sticker dilemma – how do we balance safety with the desire to return home after a disaster?
Social bird species may be less competitive
Move over, honeybees: Aussie native bees steal the show with unique social and foraging behaviours
‘Metasurface’ technology: researchers pave the way for flatter and more energy-efficient screens
People in urban areas have worse hay fever symptoms, analysis suggests
Landslides and law: Cyclone Gabrielle raises serious questions about where we’ve been allowed to build