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Editor's choice Saturday, 23 June 2018
News in Science Aussie bogong moths have a Magneto-sense
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Scientists say this magnetic guidance — a first in insects — allows bogong moths to fly to the mountains every spring.
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New species of gibbon discovered in 2,300-year-old Chinese tomb
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We fact-checked Pete Evans' diet doco. Here's what the experts said
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Plastic bag bans: How the alternatives stack up
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How long is a day on Venus? It may change with the wind
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- Ancient whales were fearsome predators with razor-sharp teeth, fossil analysis shows
- Focus on the beauty of the human body
- Australian trapdoor spider may be a seafaring castaway from Africa
- Molecule discovery on Titan an intriguing clue in hunt for life
- Ancient DNA shows Canaanites survived Biblical 'slaughter'
- Scientists create 3D print brain-like tissue from stem cells
- Indigenous rock shelter pushes Australia's human history back to 65,000 years
- Super-fast stars in the Milky Way are 'runaways' from another galaxy
- Cockie drummers beat a regular rhythm to catch a mate
- The origin of the tabby coat and other cat mysteries revealed
Dr Karl
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Animal echolocation, salt and vinegar sweats, peeing when you get home.![This article has audio attached Article has audio](/web/20180622182428im_/http://www.abc.net.au/science/css/img/icon.audio.png)
Thursday, 21 June 2018
How do animals that use echolocation travel in packs without it getting confusing? What's salt and vinegar chip-induced eyelid sweat about? Why do you need to go to the toilet when you get home, but not before?
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Dr Karl: Did life begin on an invisible mountain range?
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Could life have evolved on the longest mountain range on Earth, that is so far under the water it's invisible to most of us?
Human adventure
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The 'underground astronaut' in search of ancient bones
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Elen Feuerriegel risked her life to recover bones hidden in a cave below the rolling hills of South Africa. What she found helped open a new chapter in the story of human evolution.
Phone fears unfounded
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Smartphone myths and facts
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Do smartphones cause brain cancer? Do they really mess with a plane's navigation gear? And petrol pumps? Really??
Clever smartphones
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Can our smartphones get any smarter?
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
In the year 1926, the pioneering scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla predicted a device that would allow us to communicate instantly over any distance, seeing and hearing one another as though face to face.