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Ask an Expert Can we expect to see lots of auroras this year?
Monday, 6 February 2012
Are we likely to see lots of auroras this year following the sun's recent solar storm activity?0 comments
Silent sentinels
Tree rings show extreme weather on the rise
Monday, 6 February 2012
Bernie's Basics
Genetics is so last century
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Battle continues
Malaria toll far higher than thought
Monday, 6 February 2012
Staying able
Green tea drinkers more agile
Monday, 6 February 2012
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Fourth 'habitable' planet close to home
Friday, 3 February 2012
Astronomers have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system, only 22 light-years from Earth.
Dr Karl
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Earbud headphones, jet-lag and funny trivial things
Thursday, 8 December 2011
When using earbud-style headphones, why does the music's pitch seem lower when they're removed?
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'Functional' food claims fanciful
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
'Foods with benefits' is new marketing spin supported by questionable clinical studies. 12 comments
Meet a scientist
Dr Andre Chiaradia, penguin ecologist
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
As Australia's little penguins head out to sea to feed up after moulting, research scientist Andre Chiaradia ponders their future.
StarStuff Podcast
Expert questions new spin on pulsars
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Controversial new study suggests pulsars act as a giant magnet. Plus: bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth; and powerful solar storm slams into Earth, but is the Sun weakening?
Opinion
Our ancestors recycled their urine: why shouldn't we?
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
As experts warn about about the world's dwindling reserves of phosphorus and water, Dena Fam has a radical solution. 53
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Lifestyles of the cold and slippery
Divers Peter McGee and Karen Raubenheimer share their experiences of photographing some elusive and fascinating undersea creatures around Australia and the Pacific.
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Quiz: 2011's top moments in science
Friday, 6 January 2012
How closely did you follow science in the news during 2011?
Particle physics quiz
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
How much do you know about the building blocks of life, the universe and everything?
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Origin of Species quiz
Thursday, 19 November 2009
It's 150 years since Charles Darwin first published On the Origin of Species.
