Genelle Weule
Genelle Weule is a journalist, editor and producer at ABC Science. She has worked in print and online media for over 18 years including The Eye, Choice, Medical Observer and ABC Health & Wellbeing. Over this time she has won and been nominated for several awards for online projects she has produced. Before becoming a journalist she was an occupational therapist.
More hints emerge that dwarf planet Ceres contains potential for life
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Simple organic molecules have been detected on the dwarf planet Ceres, adding to evidence it contains key ingredients essential for life.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
Quiz: Could you pass Year 10 science?
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See where you stand with our quiz based on the Australian Curriculum for students between Year 7 and Year 10. If you don't know the answer, ask a school student!
Topics: science-and-technology, biology, physics, chemistry
Saluting a great Australian: The bush fly
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No summer barbecue would be complete without the great Aussie salute of waving away a fly. Sure it's a nuisance, but the Australian bush fly gets a bad rap.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, australia
Why the latest sunset time doesn't fall on the longest day of the year
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In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year. But this does not coincide with the earliest sunrise or latest sunset time. We explain why.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
Six Christmas presents money can't buy
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Believe it or not there are some things that even billionaires can't have. Here's a list of some very hard to find — if not impossible — Christmas presents, according to science.
Topics: science-and-technology, human-interest, australia
What is a tsunami and how are they monitored?
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Anything that disrupts the sea floor in some way has the potential to generate a tsunami, but they are usually caused by underwater earthquakes. So, why do they occur, and how does the monitoring system work?
Topics: science-and-technology, disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, tidal-wave
Quiz: How much do you know about clouds?
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Can you tell a storm cloud from an ice cloud? Could you squint at the sky and forecast tomorrow's weather? Clouds are a major factor in local weather and an important part of life on Earth. Take this quick quiz to test how much you know.
Topics: science-and-technology, australia
DNA reveals earliest Pacific Islander ancestors came from Asia (photos)
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The earliest seafaring ancestors of people living in South Pacific islands such as Vanuatu and Tonga arrived from Asia, an analysis of ancient DNA from four skeletons reveals.
Topics: science-and-technology, archaeology, genetics, vanuatu, tonga
Could lack of dingoes explain why Tasmania's bandicoots are not wary of dogs?
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Exposure to dingoes over thousands of years may help explain why bandicoots living in mainland Australia are wary of dogs, while those living in Tasmania are not, new research suggests.
Topics: science-and-technology, endangered-and-protected-species, mammals, animal-behaviour, animal-science, australia
Star cluster 'an extraordinary cosmic relic' from early universe
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An unusual cluster of stars in the constellation of Sagittarius is a "living fossil" from the early Milky Way, a team of Italian researchers says.
Topics: science-and-technology, the-universe, stars, astronomy-space
Twelve of the oldest fossils we've discovered so far
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The picture of life on Earth that we can paint from fossil evidence is only as good as the fossils we've found. Here are a dozen of our current "oldest known" fossils, that have either been discovered — or had their ages better determined — in the last 20 years.
Topics: fossils, science-and-technology, dinosaurs, evolution, palaeontology, australia
Seals help show how Antarctica's melting ice shelves affect deep ocean
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A group of elephant seals in Antarctica help show how freshwater from melting ice shelves affects a key part of the engine that drives the circulation of the world's oceans.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-behaviour, mammals, oceans-and-reefs, climate-change, antarctica
Drones in science: Rising beyond pretty pictures
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Drones are revolutionising environmental science. Four scientists explain how they are using drones, what challenges they face and how the technology is changing our understanding of the world around us.
Topics: science-and-technology, environmental-technology, environment, australia, adelaide-5000, darwin-0800, nt, heron-island-4680, qld, university-of-tasmania-7005, tas
The king of lion quizzes
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It's World Lion Day — see how much you know about the "King of the Jungle" in our quiz.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, mammals, animal-behaviour
Quiz: How well do you remember Dolly the sheep?
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Dolly the sheep was bound for fame from the time it was born 20 years ago. How much do you know about her and how she was created?
Topics: science-and-technology, mammals, animal-science, genetics, cloning, cloning-and-dna
X may mark the spot at centre of Milky Way galaxy
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An enormous X-shaped structure made of stars lies at the centre of the Milky Way, a new NASA study of infrared light coming from our home galaxy indicates.
Topics: science-and-technology, stars, astronomy-space, galaxies
Global biodiversity drops 'below safe limit' across 58pc of Earth's surface
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An analysis of global data suggests that biodiversity loss across more than half the world's surface is substantial enough to question the ability of many ecosystems to support human societies.
Topics: science-and-technology
Drones give precise picture of seabird numbers
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Drones can provide a more precise picture of nesting seabird colonies than traditional methods used in wildlife conservation, according to a Australian study of polar and tropical birds.
Topics: science-and-technology, conservation, environmental-management, environment, ecology, birds, australia
The oldest-known fossil of a land-dwelling organism is a fungus
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The beautifully preserved filaments from a fungus that lived 440 million years ago are the oldest-known fossils of a land-dwelling organism yet found, according to a new study of tiny fossils found 30 years ago in Sweden.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, evolution, palaeontology, sweden
Einstein's gravitational waves 'open window on universe'
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Tiny ripples in the fabric of space-time known as gravitational waves are directly observed for the first time, an international team of scientists announces.
Topics: science-and-technology, physics, breakthroughs, the-universe, telescopes, stars, planets-and-asteroids, galaxies, blackholes, astronomy-space, united-states
DNA sheds light on European upheaval during the Ice Age
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The population of Stone Age Europe underwent a radical transformation toward the end of the last Ice Age, according to a study of ancient DNA.
Topics: science-and-technology, genetics, anthropology-and-sociology, germany, france, italy, belgium, czech-republic
Some antibiotics associated with gut changes, asthma and obesity in kids
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Some types of antibiotics may alter the gut biology of young children for up to two years after they have taken them, and are associated with an increased risk of developing asthma and obesity, according to a study of Finnish children.
Topics: science-and-technology, pharmaceuticals, microbiology, health, stomach-and-digestion, child-health-and-behaviour, finland
Toxin in blue-green algae blooms may increase risk of Alzheimer's
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Long-term exposure to a toxin produced by blue-green algal blooms can trigger tangles in the brains of animals similar to those seen in the brains of humans with Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions, a study has found.
Topics: science-and-technology, motor-neurone-disease, parkinson-s-disease, alzheimers-and-dementia, environmental-health
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