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Dr Stuart Ryder is venturing into the stratosphere on a NASA jet to study the birthplace of massive stars. Macquarie University astronomer Dr Stuart Ryder is in New Zealand to hitch a ride on a …
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Australian research finds little lizards learn very quickly. Young Australian eastern blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) are every bit as clever as adults, researchers have …
Australian and South American researchers posit wandering “ploonets” as unseen actors in distant solar systems. Moons ejected from orbits around gas giant exoplanets could explain several …
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Melbourne researchers have found that 80 percent of people with quadriplegic spinal injuries have sleep apnoea. It’s having a big effect on their lives but they don’t know they have it, and they don’t …
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New Guinea is one of the only places in the world where frogs are safe from the species-destroying chytrid fungus. An international team of scientists has published a new paper that shows how to keep …
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Most diamonds are made of cooked seabed. The diamond on your finger is most likely made of recycled seabed cooked deep in the Earth. Traces of salt trapped in many diamonds show the stones are …
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