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Sugar gums have a reputation as risky branch-droppers but they’re important to bees, parrots and possums
This policy could make women’s super more vulnerable to financial abuse
Can a drug like Ozempic help treat addictions to alcohol, opioids or other substances?
We’re only using a fraction of health workers’ skills. This needs to change
Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years
Healthcare has a waste problem, but we can achieve net zero
Labor maintains narrow Newspoll lead but drops in other polls
The path of pesticides: researcher named Australian representative for global prize
Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money
Into Wild For Endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters
Dunera Boys theatre production recreated for 81st anniversary
Wilderlands protects 100,000 square metres of vulnerable Australian habitat through biodiversity credits
OzGrav 2.0: A new era of astrophysics launched at Swinburne
Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual
$2.5M Medical Research Future Fund grant to study recurrent wheeze in preschoolers
How the Lehrmann v Channel 10 defamation case shone an unflattering light on commercial news gathering
Can AI read our minds? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be worried
Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins and dismisses Network 10 defamation case. How did it play out?
Rogue waves in the ocean are much more common than anyone suspected, says new study
Sydneysiders witnessed horrific scenes on Saturday. How do you process and recover from such an event?
The politics of recognition: Australia and the question of Palestinian statehood
People or planet? We must invest in both for a sustainable future
Despite what you might hear, weather prediction is getting better, not worse
La Trobe recognised for health innovation in QS world subject rankings
Health Innovation Recognition In QS Rankings
Too Many People Die After Leaving Prison
ACCC Welcomes Proposal For Stronger Merger Laws
Protein Could Help Detect Delayed Concussion Recovery
More mergers to come under scrutiny in another leg of Chalmers’ competition policy
How whales struggle to navigate in a sea of noise pollution
Whales May Get Lost In Noisy Ocean
Examining the untapped potential of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses
Difficult for Liberals to form government after final Tasmanian results
University of Melbourne penalised $74,590 for taking adverse action against two casual academics
The Southern Ocean has the cleanest air on Earth. We have just discovered why
Discovery into how chronic lung conditions affect children’s immune system
NSW Government awards $1 million to fund research into young driver behaviour to help make roads safer
New Chair Appointed To Independent Planning Commission
Professor Christine Kilpatrick appointed as Commission Chair
Galaxies get more chaotic as they age
Ian Constable Research Fellow Appointed
Helping International Students Thrive Away From Home
Every Dollar Makes Difference This Good Friday
‘Bumping spaces’ build community – when they are within reach
Federal Essential poll the worst for Labor this term; SA Labor gains Dunstan at byelection
Academy’s national symposium on food futures yields fruitful discussion
Inaugural Chief Medical Officer Appointed at Diabetes Australia
10 of the Best: Recognising Australia’s top researchers delivering extraordinary outcomes