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Editor's choice Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Great Moments in Science What would happen if the Earth stopped rotating?
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
The good news is that if the Earth's rotation stopped, we wouldn't fall off, but it would be a very inhospitable place, Dr Karl explains.
Backyard birds
Five reasons to love brush turkeys
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Blacker than black
Vantablack: where is the world's darkest material being used?
Friday, 13 January 2017
Brain vs body
Are your 'sea legs' in your brain or your muscles?
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Hot science
Lightning, tornadoes and mice: the science of bushfires
Friday, 6 January 2017
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Weather observed for first time on Jupiter-like exoplanet
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
A weather system - including strong winds and changing cloud cover - has been observed in the atmosphere of a giant gas planet outside our solar system for the first time.
- Feathered dinosaur tail discovered in lump of amber from a market in Myanmar
- Ancient eclipse records revise modern calculations of Earth's spin
- Are gut microbes involved with Parkinson's disease?
- 'Shockingly' cold gas cloud surrounding early giant galaxy surprises scientists
- Skin patch measures sweat to check your health
- Concrete jungles can act as carbon sinks
- Bright radio burst sheds light on Universe's cosmic web
- Tropical invaders, heat waves and pollution take toll on Australia's kelp forests
- Plants key to recent pause in growth of atmospheric CO2
Dr Karl
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Itchy skin, moths and lights, touch screen and cold fingers
Thursday, 12 January 2017
Why are moths attracted to lights? What exactly is happening on my skin when I feel itchy? Why does my cold finger not work as well on a phone touch-screen?
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The collective intelligence of animals
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
The collective intelligence of a flock helps protect and save energy, keep them on track when migrating and share food discoveries, as Dr Karl explains.
RN Offtrack
Counting birds to save the Murray-Darling
Friday, 18 November 2016
Professor Richard Kingsford has spent much of his life counting birds: a critical body of work that shows Australia's rivers are under threat.
Great Moments in Science
Why do books smell the way they do?
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Books, new and old, have a particular smell, but what we call that 'new book smell' isn't always the same from book to book or even from publisher to publisher, as Dr Karl explains.
Astronomical problem
Space junk: how big is the problem and what are we doing about it?
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Space junk from satellites and rockets is crowding out spacecraft and telecommunication satellites in Earth's orbit, and putting humans at risk. It's a big problem, and getting bigger every day.
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