New lure may curb spread of cane toads
Everyone hates cane toads. But now there is way to lure their tadpoles into traps.
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It’s Bird Count time!
It’s National Bird Week and the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is on again. Who’s in your backyard?
Why design can be deadly for women
For the longest time, women have been overlooked or actively excluded from design. Let’s see how some of this plays out in reality.
Harnessing natural killer T cells to stop cancer
Innovative use of stem cell technology to ramp up production of natural killer T cells could hold the key to improved cancer treatments.
Why men and women feel temperature differently
There’s a reason why men and women feel the cold differently, and birds and bats are just the same.
Ditch the briefs to help male fertility
The temperature of a man’s testicles can affect sperm development. Wearing boxer shorts helps keep them cooler compared with briefs.
2021 Ig Nobel Prize-winners announced
The 2021 Ig Nobel prizes have gone to studies into how well beards soften punches to the face, the benefits of transporting rhinoceroses upside down and orgasms as a nasal decongestant.
Toilet training cows to combat climate change
Toilet training cows could reduce issues of water contamination and climate change.
Octopuses throw things when irritated
Female octopuses can throw things, especially at males who were trying to mate with them.
Magpie swooping season has started
Magpie swooping season has begun. Although they can be scary, we can try and make friends with them.
Dog coat patterns date to before domestication
Researchers have found the dominant yellow colouring in dogs has been around since long before dogs were domesticated 30,000 years ago.
It’s National Science Week!
It’s time to get your science on! Although most of Australia is locked down so in-person events can’t happen, there’s still a HUGE array of online activities.
New pterosaur fossil discovered in Queensland was the closest thing we’ve had to a dragon
Australia has a new pterosaur: Thapunngaka shawi. This was “a fearsome beast, with a spear-like mouth and a wingspan around seven metres.”
Snake venom turned into life-saving wound sealant
Venom from the lancehead snake is being used to develop a new type of wound sealant.
Cockatoos can learn to open bins from one another
A population of cockatoos in southern Sydney has been shown to be capable of culture and social learning, and they are the first recorded parrots to do so.