Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans

Ultraviolet Radiation is a Strong Disinfectant and it May Be What We Need

Science & Health

5 months ago

Ultraviolet Radiation is a Strong Disinfectant and it May Be What We Need

Lotti Tajouri and Mariana Campos and Rashed Alghafri

ICE Backs Down on Inhuman Threat to Strip Visas From International Students in Online Classes

Science & Health

5 months ago

ICE Backs Down on Inhuman Threat to Strip Visas From International Students in Online Classes

Tom McKay

Do Dogs Really See in Just Black and White?

Science & Health

5 months ago

Do Dogs Really See in Just Black and White?

Nancy Dreschel

Andean Condor Soared for 161 km Without Flapping Its Wings

Science & Health

5 months ago

Andean Condor Soared for 161 km Without Flapping Its Wings

George Dvorsky

All the Ways the Influential Hydroxychloroquine Study Was Crap

Science & Health

5 months ago

All the Ways the Influential Hydroxychloroquine Study Was Crap

Ed Cara

Cars

5 months ago

Cars Emit More Than Carbon Pollution — They Release Microplastic, Too

Yessenia Funes

Why are Scientists Trying to Manufacture Organs in Space?

Science & Health

5 months ago

Why are Scientists Trying to Manufacture Organs in Space?

Alysson R. Muotri

Recovering the Titanic’s Radio Could Signal a Disaster for Underwater Cultural Heritage

Science & Health

5 months ago

Recovering the Titanic’s Radio Could Signal a Disaster for Underwater Cultural Heritage

Helen Farr and Fraser Sturt

What is Methamphetamine or ‘Crystal Meth’?

Science & Health

5 months ago

What is Methamphetamine or ‘Crystal Meth’?

Simon Cotton

How Can I Experience Things That Aren’t ‘Real’?

Science & Health

5 months ago

How Can I Experience Things That Aren’t ‘Real’?

Philip Goff

Railway Construction Exposes Iron Age ‘Murder Mystery,’ Among Other Finds

Science & Health

5 months ago

Railway Construction Exposes Iron Age ‘Murder Mystery,’ Among Other Finds

George Dvorsky

India Might Be Censoring Environmental Organisations Online

Science & Health

5 months ago

India Might Be Censoring Environmental Organisations Online

Dharna Noor

Human Trials Begin for Queensland’s Coronavirus Vaccine

Science & Health

5 months ago

Human Trials Begin for Queensland’s Coronavirus Vaccine

Sarah Basford Canales

How to Watch the NEOWISE Comet From Home

Science & Health

5 months ago

How to Watch the NEOWISE Comet From Home

Tegan Jones

Indigenous Protests Are Blazing a New Trail for How to Beat Big Oil

Science & Health

5 months ago

Indigenous Protests Are Blazing a New Trail for How to Beat Big Oil

Yessenia Funes

One-Third of All Coronavirus Tests Came Back Positive in Miami-Dade County on Thursday

Science & Health

5 months ago

One-Third of All Coronavirus Tests Came Back Positive in Miami-Dade County on Thursday

Tom McKay

More Toxic Lead Fell From Notre Dame Fire Than Originally Reported

Science & Health

5 months ago

More Toxic Lead Fell From Notre Dame Fire Than Originally Reported

George Dvorsky

Which Species Will Win and Lose in a Warmer Climate? It Depends Where They Evolved

Science & Health

5 months ago

Which Species Will Win and Lose in a Warmer Climate? It Depends Where They Evolved

Luciano Beheregaray and Jonathan Sandoval Castillo and Katie Gates

Scientists Fight to Save a Glittering Green Bee After the Summer Fires

Science & Health

5 months ago

Scientists Fight to Save a Glittering Green Bee After the Summer Fires

Katja Hogendoorn and Remko Leijs and Richard V Glatz

We Mapped Half a Billion Years of Horseshoe Crabs to Save Them From Blood Harvests

Science & Health

5 months ago

We Mapped Half a Billion Years of Horseshoe Crabs to Save Them From Blood Harvests

Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell and Stephen Pates

Trump’s Withdrawal From the WHO is a Hit to Global Health

Science & Health

5 months ago

Trump’s Withdrawal From the WHO is a Hit to Global Health

Adam Kamradt-Scott

Trump’s Plague Rally ‘More Than Likely’ Boosted Coronavirus Surge, Top Tulsa Health Official Says

Science & Health

5 months ago

Trump’s Plague Rally ‘More Than Likely’ Boosted Coronavirus Surge, Top Tulsa Health Official Says

Tom McKay

‘Airborne,’ ‘Asymptomatic,’ and Other Misunderstood Coronavirus Terms

Science & Health

5 months ago

‘Airborne,’ ‘Asymptomatic,’ and Other Misunderstood Coronavirus Terms

Ed Cara

1,000-Year-Old Cat Skeleton Suggests Nomadic Herders Cared for Ailing Pet

Science & Health

5 months ago

1,000-Year-Old Cat Skeleton Suggests Nomadic Herders Cared for Ailing Pet

George Dvorsky

Lunar Rover Footage Upscaled With AI Is as Close as You’ll Get to the Experience of Driving on the Moon

Science & Health

5 months ago

Lunar Rover Footage Upscaled With AI Is as Close as You’ll Get to the Experience of Driving on the Moon

Andrew Liszewski

Our Field Cameras Melted in the Bushfires And When We Opened Them, the Results Were Startling

Science & Health

5 months ago

Our Field Cameras Melted in the Bushfires And When We Opened Them, the Results Were Startling

The Conversation

Science & Health

5 months ago

Yes, Double-Tailed Lizards Exist

Sarah Basford Canales

Is the Airborne Route a Major Source of Coronavirus Transmission?

Science & Health

5 months ago

Is the Airborne Route a Major Source of Coronavirus Transmission?

Hassan Vally

Australia’s Coronavirus Testing Rates are Some of the Best in the World

Science & Health

5 months ago

Australia’s Coronavirus Testing Rates are Some of the Best in the World

Adam Kamradt-Scott

Harvard and MIT Sue ICE Over Policy of Deporting Students Forced Into Online Classes

Science & Health

5 months ago

Harvard and MIT Sue ICE Over Policy of Deporting Students Forced Into Online Classes

Whitney Kimball

What the World was Like the Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were at 400ppm

Science & Health

5 months ago

What the World was Like the Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were at 400ppm

James Shulmeister

Earth May Take Decades to Cool After We Cut Emissions

Science & Health

5 months ago

Earth May Take Decades to Cool After We Cut Emissions

Yessenia Funes

Revealed: The Sun’s Secret Plan to Become a Lithium Factory

Science & Health

5 months ago

Revealed: The Sun’s Secret Plan to Become a Lithium Factory

Simon Campbell and Yerra Bharat Kumar

Why Outer Space Matters in a Post-Pandemic World

Science & Health

5 months ago

Why Outer Space Matters in a Post-Pandemic World

Anna Moore

Aussie Scientists Trial Asthma Drugs as a Coronavirus Treatment

Science & Health

5 months ago

Aussie Scientists Trial Asthma Drugs as a Coronavirus Treatment

Tegan Jones

Marine Life Found in Ancient Antarctica Ice Helps Solve a Carbon Dioxide Puzzle From the Ice Age

Science & Health

5 months ago

Marine Life Found in Ancient Antarctica Ice Helps Solve a Carbon Dioxide Puzzle From the Ice Age

Chris Turney and Chris Fogwill

Australia’s First Cryonics Lab is Opening But it’s a Battle of Faith and Science

Online

5 months ago

Australia’s First Cryonics Lab is Opening But it’s a Battle of Faith and Science

Sarah Basford Canales

ICE Threatens International Students With ‘Immigration Consequences’ if Schools Go Online-Only

Science & Health

5 months ago

ICE Threatens International Students With ‘Immigration Consequences’ if Schools Go Online-Only

Tom McKay

Giant Sea Scorpions Were the Underwater Titans of Prehistoric Australia

Science & Health

5 months ago

Giant Sea Scorpions Were the Underwater Titans of Prehistoric Australia

Russell Dean Christopher Bicknell and Patrick Mark Smith

Australia Fails to Update Threatened Species Habitat List for 15 Years

Science & Health

5 months ago

Australia Fails to Update Threatened Species Habitat List for 15 Years

Sarah Basford Canales

Penguins Can Shoot Poo 1.34 Metres, Study Says

Science & Health

5 months ago

Penguins Can Shoot Poo 1.34 Metres, Study Says

Sarah Basford Canales

The U.S. Has Bought Most of the World’s Remdesivir, Here’s What it Means For the Rest of Us

Science & Health

5 months ago

The U.S. Has Bought Most of the World’s Remdesivir, Here’s What it Means For the Rest of Us

Barbara Mintzes and Ellen ‘t Hoen

Global Report Gives Australia an A for Coronavirus Response But a D On climate

Science & Health

5 months ago

Global Report Gives Australia an A for Coronavirus Response But a D On climate

John Thwaites

Science & Health

5 months ago

Jupiter Just Sprouted a Brand New Spot

George Dvorsky

This Snake-Like Amphibian Might Actually Pack a Venomous Bite

Science & Health

5 months ago

This Snake-Like Amphibian Might Actually Pack a Venomous Bite

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

5 months ago

What Does the Sun’s Core Look Like?

Sara Webb

What to Make of New H1N1 Swine Flu with ‘Pandemic Potential’ Found in China

Science & Health

5 months ago

What to Make of New H1N1 Swine Flu with ‘Pandemic Potential’ Found in China

Ian M. Mackay

We Looked at the Health Star Rating of 20,000 Foods and This is What We Found

Science & Health

5 months ago

We Looked at the Health Star Rating of 20,000 Foods and This is What We Found

Alexandra Jones and Bruce Neal and Maria Shahid

What’s the New Coronavirus Saliva Test, and How Does it Work?

Science & Health

5 months ago

What’s the New Coronavirus Saliva Test, and How Does it Work?

Deborah Williamson and Allen Cheng and Sharon Lewin

A ‘Viral’ New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune

Science & Health

5 months ago

A ‘Viral’ New Bird Song in Canada Is Causing Sparrows to Change Their Tune

George Dvorsky

Researchers Have Uncovered an Ancient Aboriginal Archaeological Site Preserved on the Seabed

Science & Health

5 months ago

Researchers Have Uncovered an Ancient Aboriginal Archaeological Site Preserved on the Seabed

The Conversation

Studying Cancer In Tasmanian Devils Could Help Fight Human Diseases

Science & Health

5 months ago

Studying Cancer In Tasmanian Devils Could Help Fight Human Diseases

The Conversation

We Know How to Save NSW’s Koalas From Extinction, But the Government Must Commit

Science & Health

5 months ago

We Know How to Save NSW’s Koalas From Extinction, But the Government Must Commit

Christine Hosking

City of Sydney Green Lights Use of 100% Renewable Energy

Science & Health

5 months ago

City of Sydney Green Lights Use of 100% Renewable Energy

Sarah Basford Canales

27,000 Coronavirus-Linked Deaths Have Gone Uncounted in U.S., Study Estimates

Science & Health

5 months ago

27,000 Coronavirus-Linked Deaths Have Gone Uncounted in U.S., Study Estimates

Ed Cara

A Hungry Black Hole Is Gobbling up the Equivalent of One Sun Every Day

Science & Health

5 months ago

A Hungry Black Hole Is Gobbling up the Equivalent of One Sun Every Day

Sarah Basford Canales

COVIDSafe May Never Use Apple and Google’s API

Mobile

5 months ago

COVIDSafe May Never Use Apple and Google’s API

Tegan Jones

By Persisting with COVIDSafe, Australia Risks Missing Out on Globally Trusted Contact Tracing

Science & Health

5 months ago

By Persisting with COVIDSafe, Australia Risks Missing Out on Globally Trusted Contact Tracing

Ritesh Chugh

4 Unusual Things We’ve Learned About Coronavirus Since the Start of the Pandemic

Science & Health

5 months ago

4 Unusual Things We’ve Learned About Coronavirus Since the Start of the Pandemic

Sanjaya Senanayake

Victoria Won’t Release COVIDSafe Access Figures

Science & Health

5 months ago

Victoria Won’t Release COVIDSafe Access Figures

Sarah Basford Canales

Will the COVID-19 Lockdown Slow the Effects of Climate Change?

Science & Health

5 months ago

Will the COVID-19 Lockdown Slow the Effects of Climate Change?

Simon Kingham

Cotton Is Best for Homemade Masks, Study Suggests

Science & Health

5 months ago

Cotton Is Best for Homemade Masks, Study Suggests

Ed Cara

Science & Health

5 months ago

Not Now, Ominous New Swine Flu Strains

Ed Cara

Coronavirus and University Reforms Puts Australia’s Research Gains from the Last 15 Years at Risk

Science & Health

5 months ago

Coronavirus and University Reforms Puts Australia’s Research Gains from the Last 15 Years at Risk

Andrew Norton

Why the Ban on Nicotine Vape Fluid Will Do More Harm Than Good

Science & Health

5 months ago

Why the Ban on Nicotine Vape Fluid Will Do More Harm Than Good

Jody Morgan

A Certain Frequency of Red Light Boosted People’s Eyesight in New Study

Science & Health

5 months ago

A Certain Frequency of Red Light Boosted People’s Eyesight in New Study

Ed Cara

16th-Century Child Skeletons With Coins in Their Mouths Found at Construction Site in Poland

Science & Health

5 months ago

16th-Century Child Skeletons With Coins in Their Mouths Found at Construction Site in Poland

George Dvorsky

How a ‘Gonzo’ Press Gang Forged the Ned Kelly Legend

Science & Health

5 months ago

How a ‘Gonzo’ Press Gang Forged the Ned Kelly Legend

Kerrie Davies and Willa McDonald

‘Digital Twins’ Can Help Monitor Infrastructure and Save Us Billions

Science & Health

5 months ago

‘Digital Twins’ Can Help Monitor Infrastructure and Save Us Billions

Mojtaba Mahmoodian and Kevin Zhang and Sujeeva Setunge

4 Questions to Ask When You See a Map of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Science & Health

5 months ago

4 Questions to Ask When You See a Map of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Amy Griffin

NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better

Science & Health

5 months ago

NASA: Help Us Make Pooping on the Moon Even Better

Alyse Stanley

Medical Cannabis is Now Easier to Get in Queensland

Online

5 months ago

Medical Cannabis is Now Easier to Get in Queensland

Tegan Jones

How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus If You’re Heading Back To The Office

Science & Health

5 months ago

How To Protect Yourself From Coronavirus If You’re Heading Back To The Office

Lisa Bricknell and Dale Trott

Record-Breaking Lightning Just Chilled in the Sky for 17 Seconds

Science & Health

5 months ago

Record-Breaking Lightning Just Chilled in the Sky for 17 Seconds

Dharna Noor

How Long Could Covid-19 Immunity Last? It’s Not Just About Antibodies

Science & Health

5 months ago

How Long Could Covid-19 Immunity Last? It’s Not Just About Antibodies

Ed Cara

If You Live In The U.S., Stop Going to Bars

Science & Health

5 months ago

If You Live In The U.S., Stop Going to Bars

Andrew Couts

How Phone Banking Teens Are Reshaping U.S. Congress

Science & Health

5 months ago

How Phone Banking Teens Are Reshaping U.S. Congress

Yessenia Funes

Australia Postpones Vaping Ban By 6 Months

Science & Health

5 months ago

Australia Postpones Vaping Ban By 6 Months

Sarah Basford Canales

A Chonky 150kg Wombat Roamed Australia’s Desert 25 Million Years Ago

Science & Health

5 months ago

A Chonky 150kg Wombat Roamed Australia’s Desert 25 Million Years Ago

Sarah Basford Canales

Why Our Top Eyelashes Are Longer Than Our Bottom Eyelashes

Science & Health

5 months ago

Why Our Top Eyelashes Are Longer Than Our Bottom Eyelashes

Christian Moro and Zane Stromberga

The Evidence Still Shows Kids are Unlikely to Catch or Spread Coronavirus

Science & Health

5 months ago

The Evidence Still Shows Kids are Unlikely to Catch or Spread Coronavirus

Allen Cheng

CDC Expands List of Medical Conditions That Make People More Vulnerable to Covid-19

Science & Health

5 months ago

CDC Expands List of Medical Conditions That Make People More Vulnerable to Covid-19

Ed Cara

Sled Dogs Have an Unbroken Genetic Ancestry Dating Back Nearly 10,000 Years

Science & Health

5 months ago

Sled Dogs Have an Unbroken Genetic Ancestry Dating Back Nearly 10,000 Years

George Dvorsky

A Fossil Discovery Reveals the Earliest Relative of Modern Mammals

Science & Health

5 months ago

A Fossil Discovery Reveals the Earliest Relative of Modern Mammals

Arjan Mann and Bryan Gee and Jason D. Pardo

Earth’s Rock-Solid Connections Between Canada and Australia Contain Clues About the Origin of Life

Science & Health

5 months ago

Earth’s Rock-Solid Connections Between Canada and Australia Contain Clues About the Origin of Life

Joshua Davies and Jesse Reimink

How Drought-Breaking Rains Transformed These Critically Endangered Woodlands

Science & Health

5 months ago

How Drought-Breaking Rains Transformed These Critically Endangered Woodlands

Jacqui Stol and Annie Kelly and Suzanne Prober

Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Sparked Political Turmoil in Ancient Rome

Science & Health

5 months ago

Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Sparked Political Turmoil in Ancient Rome

George Dvorsky

At Least Some Penguins Benefited From Record Antarctic Sea Ice Loss

Science & Health

5 months ago

At Least Some Penguins Benefited From Record Antarctic Sea Ice Loss

Yessenia Funes

What Earth Would Be Like If We Hadn’t Pumped Greenhouse Gases into the Atmosphere

Science & Health

5 months ago

What Earth Would Be Like If We Hadn’t Pumped Greenhouse Gases into the Atmosphere

Laura Revell

Australia Needs Better Defences Against State-Based Cyberattacks

Science & Health

5 months ago

Australia Needs Better Defences Against State-Based Cyberattacks

James Martin and Belinda Barnet and Sarah Morrison

In Many Countries the Coronavirus Pandemic is Accelerating, Not Slowing

Science & Health

5 months ago

In Many Countries the Coronavirus Pandemic is Accelerating, Not Slowing

Adam Kamradt-Scott

Vaping in Australia is About to Become a Whole Lot Tougher

Science & Health

5 months ago

Vaping in Australia is About to Become a Whole Lot Tougher

Sarah Basford Canales

Australia has Failed Miserably on Energy Efficiency

Science & Health

6 months ago

Australia has Failed Miserably on Energy Efficiency

Hugh Saddler

How Very Hungry Caterpillars Grow and Grow and Don’t Get Sick

Science & Health

6 months ago

How Very Hungry Caterpillars Grow and Grow and Don’t Get Sick

Dennis Kolosov

Telehealth in Lockdown Meant 7 Million Fewer Chances To Transmit the Coronavirus

Science & Health

6 months ago

Telehealth in Lockdown Meant 7 Million Fewer Chances To Transmit the Coronavirus

Centaine Snoswell and Anthony Smith and Liam Caffery

Science & Health

6 months ago

This Man Sees Numbers as Squiggles

Ed Cara

Gigantic Circular Structure Found Near Stonehenge

Science & Health

6 months ago

Gigantic Circular Structure Found Near Stonehenge

George Dvorsky

7 Lessons for Australia’s Health System from the Coronavirus Upheaval

Science & Health

6 months ago

7 Lessons for Australia’s Health System from the Coronavirus Upheaval

Stephen Duckett and Anika Stobart

The South Australian Desert Is the Site of a New Flying Car Race

Cars

6 months ago

The South Australian Desert Is the Site of a New Flying Car Race

Sarah Basford Canales

Australia Is Under Sustained Cyber Attack, Warns The Government

Science & Health

6 months ago

Australia Is Under Sustained Cyber Attack, Warns The Government

Mahmoud Elkhodr

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