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Web of worries: are you unknowingly loading malicious content from “trusted” sites?

The World Wide Web is a tangled mass of interconnected services and our researchers have spotlighted a fundamental flaw in its design that has significant implications on privacy and security.

Dropping a line in the Indian Ocean

Sixty years after the first major study of the deep, unknown waters of the Indian Ocean, a team of scientists on our RV Investigator are returning to see what’s changed.

Invasive species are Australia’s number-one extinction threat

This week the world stopped and stared as the UN announced over a million species are threatened with extinction. In Australia, one threat eclipses all others.

three containers of salad and brown ricethat have been prepared for the week

How your food choices can benefit more than just your health

The global food system is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Check out how your food choices can help to reduce the impact.

Astronomy is great business for local ‘rising star’

We’ve partnered with a local small business to help build our next-generation radio telescope, and helped them to reach of the stars.

Male and female scientists taking soil samples from a remote landscape showing a helicopter in the background

Golden soils and wealth from toil

Finding gold requires luck and hard work. Now luck is being delivered by science as new sampling techniques and analysis reduce the guesswork to help prospectors pinpoint gold targets more precisely.

Pint of Science will quench your thirst … for knowledge

If you have a fear of an empty beer (cenosillicaphobia) or a fear of not knowing something (agnosiophobia), the Pint of Science Festival is here to help.

A PET scan of a human body, showing glowing areas indicating cancer cells.

Working to treat ‘untreatable’ cancers

We’re working to provide Australian cancer patients with revolutionary new therapies known as theranostics to fight even the most difficult-to-treat cancers.

El Niño has rapidly become stronger and stranger, according to coral records

The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years.

Zooplankton/Copepods are one of the multiple animal groups that make part of the Zooplankton. They are one of the most abundant organisms in the planet and they help to build different levels of the trophic web in aquatic ecosystems.

Packing a punch with tiny plankton

When you think of plankton, do you think of the diabolical little creature with a penchant for trying to steal the Krabby Patty recipe? Or do you think of the tiny drifting plants and animals which are vital components of our aquatic systems? Take our quiz to test your knowledge.

Rainwater tank with damage to the top seive.

Top tips for making your water tank mozzie proof

New research revealed unsealed and damaged rainwater tanks could expose millions of Australians to the risk of mosquito-borne infectious diseases like dengue fever. So how can you keep your tank safe?

What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII

Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck. But that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown, lost off the coast of Victoria in Bass Strait during the second world war.