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Editor's choice Sunday, 26 January 2014

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Australian honours Honoured researchers urge colleagues to fight anti-science

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Scientists need to fight against a growing anti-science sentiment worldwide by joining the debate, say two researchers acknowledged in today's Australia Day Honours.

News in ScienceWe know that flowers interact with the Sun, but does the Earth's magnetic field play a role? Do plants feel Earth's magnetic field?

Friday, 24 January 2014

Aussie scienceSequencing of the koala genome has revealed a massive number of genetic markers that help us understand population diversityOzOmics: celebrate Australia's DNA

Thursday, 23 January 2014 5 comments

Fresh findingData from the Opportunity rover on the rim of Endeavour crater indicates an asteroid impact changed Martian water forever   Mars once had fresh water on surface

Friday, 24 January 2014

QuizAussie Dinosaurs Quiz

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Sometimes love hurts - a lot. Just ask the tungara frog, a tiny native of Central and South America A frog's love song is a bat's dinner bell

Friday, 24 January 2014

One male frog's loud, low mating call in search of a love connection has a deadly unintended effect - attracting frog-eating bats, researchers have found.

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Freeze dried bodies, goosebumps, chicken BO.Article has audio

Thursday, 12 December 2013

What would the rate of body decomposition be in space because there is no air?

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Gold leaf: scientists have recently discovered gold dissolved in the cells of bark and leaves from eucalypt trees in Western Australia How on Earth does gold get into gum trees?Article has audio

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Gold originally came from exploding stars, but there are many layers to the story of how this precious metal found its way into eucalyptus trees. 6 comments

StarStuff Podcast

Rosetta orbiter and Philae lander

Rosetta awakens for comet landing

Wednesday, 22 January 2014
European spacecraft on target to rendezvous and land on a comet. Also; astronomers discover the third closest star system to the Sun, and hypervelocity stars fast enough to leave the Milky Way galaxy.

The Geeky Gardener

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Put another prawn on the garden

Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Can leftover prawn shells control nasty nematodes? Anna Evangeli aka The Geeky Gardener explores the science of gardening.

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Lab coats

Hanging up their labcoats: Australia's new brain drain

Thursday, 16 January 2014
Faced with limited job opportunities, disenchanted young researchers are giving up on careers in science, writes Tim Nielsen. 207 comments

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Stranded Antarctic researchers returned to Hobart

Stranded Antarctic researchers returned to Hobart

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Ice-bound scientists hit funding and climate questions on return

Ice-bound scientists hit funding and climate questions on return

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Ice-bound ship 'inherent risk' says expedition's leader

Ice-bound ship 'inherent risk' says expedition's leader

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Rosetta space probe successfully wakes after 10 years and 6 billion kilometres

Rosetta space probe successfully wakes after 10 years and 6 billion kilometres

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Steampunk: where history and the future collide

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Backyard farmer: avocado (ABC Local - South Coast WA)

Backyard farmer: Avocado

Murray Gomm shares some tips on how to keep your avocado tree healthy and laden with fruit each year.