By Sharon Downes, Team Leader, Resistance Evolution. Among Australia’s key cotton pests is the global insect nemesis of agriculture, Helicoverpa armigera. […]
By Carrie Bengston Last week, the prestigious US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published a fascinating […]
Every so often a zoo announces that one of its rare, prized animals — a snow-leopard, say — has given birth. A […]
This story appeared first in Issue 31 of Australia Unlimited magazine. Download the free AU apps to enjoy more Australian […]
No, not Towel Day, but Tau Day, 28 June. You’ve probably heard of Pi Day, which is celebrated on the […]
Later this year the MNF will take delivery of Investigator, a new state-of-the-art, research vessel capable of carry up to […]
Here’s a fun fact: the words “sarcastic” and “sarcasm” come from the Greek word sarkasmos, meaning “to tear or rend flesh”. […]
Part of our Smart Farming series By Claire Harris You jump in your car, glance at the fuel gauge. You […]
What does hula hooping have to do with science? The second instalment in a video series from our education peeps […]
By Arwen Cross Australians eat more fibre than many other westerners but bowel cancer remains the second most common cancer […]
Part of our Smart Farming series While sensors, soil moisture probes and super smart cattle tags may seem whacky today, […]
Well maybe I got a bit carried away… This is our incredible weather research radar under construction! Remember we told […]
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