All posts tagged "biology"

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  121

  Research

  Trippy tech explores brain power under LSD

  Monash University researchers are part of a global team that has developed and applied world-first non-invasive computer technology to explore how the...

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  Science

  Male crickets use female scent to rate fertility prospects

  A new study by researchers at The University of Western Australia has found that male insects are able to use female scent...

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  195

  Science

  Mutually-assured destruction in heated coral-algae war

  Global warming and acidifying oceans are creating an intense competition between coral and algae that both are set to lose.

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  279

  Technology

  The key to your heart could be the key to your home

  Car keys and house keys could be made redundant by our own heartbeats, according to a cyber-security expert from Edith Cowan University.

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  Science

  Stress and habitat linked to koala recovery

  New research led by Western Sydney University Stress Lab’s Dr Edward Narayan, has found the psychological state of wild koalas and the...

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  Research

  Physical combination multiplies melanoma risk

  The risk of developing melanoma is significantly multiplied for people who have red hair and more than 20 large moles, University of...

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  Science

  Thirteen mammal extinctions prevented by havens

  A stocktake of Australia’s animal havens – conservation areas free of cats and foxes – has found that they have already prevented...

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  Research

  Reaching peak whale

  Research has revealed some large whale populations have defied over-exploitation and near-extinction to reach ‘peak’ abundance – or will do so early...

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  Science

  World’s biggest bee found

  An international team of scientists and conservationists has announced the finding of what many consider to be the ‘holy grail’ of bee...

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  Science

  Critically endangered grey nurse shark mapped for the first time in landmark study

  A study mapping the eastern Australian grey nurse shark population has found it has declined rapidly over the last few decades, with...