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Editor's choice Monday, 10 March 2014
Pleasure or pain? Music doesn't ring everyone's bell
Friday, 7 March 2014
While some people can't live without the sound of music, for others Midnight Oil is just something you burn and Cold Chisel is an uncomfortable tool, new research suggests.
Killer diet
Skeletons reveal early settlers' diet
Friday, 7 March 2014
Plasma Storm
Plasma plume defends Earth
Friday, 7 March 2014
Butterfly mimics
Single gene controls butterfly wing pattern
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Great Moments in Science
The truth about green tea ...
Wednesday, 5 March 2014 30 comments
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Asteroid break-up seen for first time
Friday, 7 March 2014
Astronomers have observed for the first time an asteroid breaking apart, crumbling into at least 10 pieces in sort of a celestial, slow-motion train wreck.
Dr Karl
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Goosebumps, quasars, big bang theories.
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Why do we get goosebumps when we see or feel something really touching?
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Tick bite causes meat allergy
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Some people can develop a meat allergy several months after just one bite from the Australian paralysis tick. 56 comments
The Geeky Gardener
Fibonacci V Lucas: spot your sunflower's spiral
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Do you have Fibonacci or Lucas-patterned sunflowers in your garden? This month, the Geeky Gardener looks at the biology and maths behind sunflower spirals.
StarStuff Podcast
Black widow pulsar has a killer bite
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Black widow pulsar discovery opens a new window into the most exotic states of matter. Also; nearest type-1A supernova seen in 77 years, and black holes have a far greater impact on their galaxies than thought.
Opinion
Six ways to improve young scientists' career prospects
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
How can Australia better nurture its best and brightest? Tim Nielsen suggests six ways the prospects of early career scientists could be improved. 13
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