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‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now

The world is in deep trouble on climate change, but if we really put our shoulder to the wheel we can turn things around. Loosely, that’s the essence of today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Outdoor music festival
Wednesday, 01 Mar 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Queensland will become the second Australian jurisdiction to offer pill testing. This is likely to reduce the risk of people overdosing on both unexpected and high potency substances, as well as reducing illness and death from harmful additives and mixtures.

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A book called Night Parrot and a woman's hands reading
Friday, 24 Feb 2023
  • Academic profile

For more than a century, the Night Parrot has inspired gripping tales of obsessive odysseys and miraculous discoveries. But now the truth has gotten in the way of a good story. And Dr Penny Olsen is wearing the cost.

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Tall trees from below
Thursday, 23 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Despite widespread land clearing, Australia still supports some of the biggest trees in the world, but we are at risk of losing them.

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Man holds up sensor
Thursday, 23 Feb 2023
  • News

Researchers have developed new technology that could usher in the “next-generation” of thinner, higher-resolution and more energy efficient screens and electronic devices.

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Man in lab
Wednesday, 22 Feb 2023
  • News

Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth’s inner core, according to seismologists from ANU.

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Cat outdoors
Tuesday, 21 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

On average, each roaming, hunting pet cat in Australia kills 40 native reptiles, 38 native birds and 32 native mammals per year.

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Close up of cassowary face
Monday, 20 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

New research has found 15 threatened mammal, eight bird, four frog, one reptile and one fish species have recovered enough that they no longer meet the criteria for listing as threatened.

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Moon
Monday, 13 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of Moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth. Unfortunately, but also unsurprisingly, the story of Moon dust reflection isn’t as simple as it seems.

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Cockatoo using a straw as a tool
Monday, 13 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

In research published this week, researchers have shown Goffin’s cockatoos can take the next leap of logic beyond tool use, by carrying a set of tools they’ll need for a future task.

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