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Dig Deep: How Dung Beetle Mothers Are Responding to Climate Change
If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers. They eat and bury manure from many other species, recycling nutrients and improving soil as they go. Dung beetles are found on every continent except…
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Google, CSIRO and DFAT Team Up To Analyse Carbon-Absorbing Seagrass
Google, CSIRO and DFAT are teaming up to study the climate resilience of seagrass ecosystems and their ability to absorb and sequester carbon.
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Aussie Hydrogen-Propelled Drones Could Be Just Around the Corner
Swinburne University in Melbourne is developing Australia’s first hydrogen-propelled drone as part of a $1.3 million grant.
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Cygnus Freighter Reaches ISS With Only One Functioning Solar Array
The S.S. Sally Ride has safely docked at the International Space Station following a nail-biting journey in which one of its two solar arrays failed to deploy.