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21 Jan 2020
Conservation scientists are grieving after the bushfires - but we must not give up
"So many of us are wondering: have lives spent furthering conservation been wasted?"
20 Jan 2020
Bushfires left millions of animals dead. We should use them, not just bury them
Carcasses can play a positive role as landscapes recover from fire, providing rich nutrients for other native animal, microbial and plant species.
14 Jan 2020
Some say we've seen bushfires worse than this before. But they're ignoring a few key facts
Australia has a long history of bushfires. But several factors make eastern Australia’s recent crisis different to infamous bushfires in the past.
14 Jan 2020
Car accidents, drownings, violence: hotter temperatures will mean more deaths from injury
In research published today in Nature Medicine, researchers in the United States looked at the impact warmer temperatures will have on deaths from injury.
13 Jan 2020
A season in hell: bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction
We estimate most of the range and population of between 20 and 100 threatened species will have been burnt.
8 Jan 2020
Hot and bothered: heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks
Heat is the natural hazard associated with the highest mortality in Australia. When heatwaves occur, the death toll routinely reaches into the hundreds.
24 Dec 2019
Your first point of contact and your partner in recovery: the GP's role in mental health care
GPs see 88% of the Australian population every year, putting us in a unique position in the health system to work with people with mental health concerns.
24 Dec 2019
How a rethink of emergency care is closing the gap, one person at a time
Emergency departments can be structured in innovative ways to make a much bigger difference.
11 Dec 2019
The X17 factor: a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery
The so-called X17 particle could help to explain dark matter.
9 Dec 2019
China's failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we're not ready for human embryo modification
A Chinese biophysicist’s attempt to use CRISPR technology to modify human embryos has triggered a series of concerns.
