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There are concerns about the number of Australian stroke patients travelling overseas for stem cell therapies, many of which are untested and potentially unsafe.
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Fewer than 10 scientists at the nation's pesticide and animal medicines regulator will move from Canberra to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's electorate.
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Scientists from across the country carry out the biggest biological stocktake ever completed on Fraser Island.
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Aboriginal families in Western Australia's north are finding ways to reclaim a sacred image that sparked rumours of Arab voyages and aliens during the early days of British exploration — the large, looming Wandjina.
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Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, explains that he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he was showing signs of altitude sickness.
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Australia's performance in science continues to slide due to ineffective, traditional teaching practices and an outdated curriculum. Here's what needs to change.
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Neuroscientists insist women's brains should be studied separately to men's, while a gold-plated sex toy is topping Christmas wishlists, Jo Fox writes.
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Scientists have joined forces with Sydney's Taronga Zoo and the tech giant Google, to build an app that allows Australians to gather information about one of our most unique and elusive animals, the platypus.
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Australians suffering from tick-borne disease are welcoming recommendations from a Senate inquiry.
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A new baby, a fluffy kitten, a puppy — all elicit a similar response and now there is a push to give that emotion a name to encourage more research.
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Adelaide palaeontologist Professor John Long is travelling to Antarctica in search of fossils to prove humans evolved from fish.
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Former Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is recovering well in a New Zealand hospital after being medically evacuated from the South Pole.
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Changes to gut microbes can influence the development of Parkinson's-like movement disorders, according to a study of mice predisposed to the neurological condition.
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Martin Shkreli downplays the efforts of Sydney Grammar students who recreated the active ingredient in his company's expensive Daraprim HIV drug for just $20, saying "anyone can make any drug, its pretty easy".
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For more than 20 years Giles Walker has been turning industrial odds and ends into fully functional kinetic robots.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a phase three clinical trial for MDMA — or ecstasy — to be used as a form of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. So, what is MDMA and what implications might the trial have for sufferers in Australia?
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The creator of a Jurassic jungle uses prehistoric power to reconnect young Australians with nature.
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Cyber crime victims are hiring professional hackers and private investigators to get to the bottom of online scams that authorities refuse to touch.
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An unusual sea slug that looks like a Pokemon, eats blue bottles and has a powerful sting has been spotted on a Gold Coast beach.
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Queensland scientists use GPS technology to confirm long-held suspicions that migrating dugongs swim close to the shore, with the research raising questions over whether shark nets need to be removed from their paths.