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Academic journal rules are penalising citizen scientists and indigenous knowledge, say US and Australian scientists. Citizen scientists should be included as authors on journal papers, …
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A novel citizen science project in New Caledonia finds an ‘astonishing’ number of venomous reptiles in a popular swimming spot. A group of snorkelling grandmothers is helping scientists better …
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Apex marine predators choose who they hang with, researchers reveal. White sharks form communities, researchers have revealed. Although normally solitary predators, white sharks …
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Analysis of reef damage in the Indo-Pacific during the 2016 El Nino reveals that several different stressors influence bleaching. Scientists in the Indian and Pacific Oceans used the El Nino of …
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Macquarie astronomers find a well of serenity in deep space. A massive galaxy four billion light-years from Earth is surrounded by a halo of tranquil gas. The finding, which reveals a …
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The shape of immune cells plays key role in recognising invaders. The way immune cells pick friends from foes can be described by a classic maths puzzle known as the “narrow escape problem”. …
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