The discovery of an extinct shelduck highlights the rich ancient biodiversity of the remote Rēkohu Chatham Islands
Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new…
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D-Wave Unveils Open-Source Quantum AI Toolkit for ML Development
D-Wave Quantum has announced the release of a new open-source quantum AI toolkit, designed to help…
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Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars
You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land…
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Scientists could be accidentally damaging fossils with a method we thought was safe
Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few…
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First the dire wolf, now NZ’s giant moa: why real ‘de-extinction’ is unlikely to fly
The announcement that New Zealand’s moa nunui (giant moa) is the next “de-extinction” target for Colossal…
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Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300km of Pacific Ocean
In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the…
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Jaws at 50: how a single movie changed our perception of white sharks forever
It’s been 50 years since Steven Spielberg’s movie Jaws first cast a terrifying shadow across our…
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Were the first kings of Poland actually from Scotland? New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth
For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal…
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Knife crime is common but difficult to investigate. Robots can help
The following article contains material that some readers might find distressing. Around the world, knives are…
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The federal government wants to boost productivity. Science can help
In the wake of Labor’s resounding victory in Australia’s federal election earlier this month, there has…
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Australian researchers use a quantum computer to simulate how real molecules behave
When a molecule absorbs light, it undergoes a whirlwind of quantum-mechanical transformations. Electrons jump between energy…
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‘Super antibodies’ for snake toxins: how a dangerous DIY experiment helped scientists make a new antivenom
Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a…
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Who would win in a fight between 100 men and 1 gorilla An evolutionary expert weighs in
The internet’s latest absurd obsession is: who would win in a no-rules fight between 100 average…
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Arsenic is everywhere – but new detection methods could help save lives
Arsenic is a nasty poison that once reigned as the ultimate weapon of deception. In the…
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Scientists claim to have found evidence of alien life. But ‘biosignatures’ might hide more than they reveal
Whether or not we’re alone in the universe is one of the biggest questions in science….
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‘Curiosity-driven research’ led to a recent major medical breakthrough. But it’s under threat
Earlier this year news broke about doctors in London curing blindness in children with a rare…
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Everything You Need to Know About Genetic Testing
Big secrets come in small packages. Take cells, like the ones shedding off the inside of…
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A New Media Picker for the iOS WordPress App
Sometimes it’s the extra touches that make all the difference; on your website, that’s the photos…
