Science
‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout
A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.
- Liam Mannix
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This crisis kills 100 Australians a week. A solution might be in your pantry
New research has drawn a direct link between the biodiversity of the Australian bush, drug resistance and your favourite crumpet-topper.
- Angus Dalton
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- Space
Australian hypersonic plane completes first test flight at five times speed of sound
An Australian-made hypersonic aircraft reached five times the speed of sound in a test scientists say will forge the future of air travel.
- Michael Koziol
‘They don’t work’: Subsidies to be slashed for expensive spinal implants linked to severe injuries
The federal Health Department plans to slash insurance rebates for spinal cord stimulators after concluding there isn’t enough evidence to support use of the expensive, controversial devices.
- Liam Mannix
These popular dogs can’t breathe or give birth properly. Why do we breed them?
The difficulties that blight pugs and French bulldogs are common in other breeds. However, flat-faced canines trigger strong emotional feelings because they resemble human babies.
- Angus Dalton
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Scientists mapped Sydney’s radiation. One busy suburb stands out
Soil samples and gamma ray readings have resulted in the first map of Sydney’s radioactivity.
- Angus Dalton
Hayley’s team took in 12 endangered turtles. Then the hard work began
Understanding the romantic life of Manning River turtles led to the first successful breeding of the reptiles in captivity and a release of the next generation into the wild Barrington River.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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A tiny needle-patch tracked my blood sugar. This is what I learnt
A “healthy” chicken sandwich led my blood sugar to soar, but this is what happened when I ate a chocolate bar at 3pm.
- Liam Mannix
Isolated in a new country with her dying husband, Lidia didn’t want anyone to know
Brisbane-based professor Lidia Morawska on improving indoor air quality, making STEM subjects more appealing – and a silly question she’s been asked.
- Benjamin Law
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- Crime
These alleged rapists were free for 25 years. Here’s what caught them
A forensic technology that has set wrongfully convicted murderers free and jailed famed serial killers just landed its first arrests in NSW.
- Angus Dalton