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How Humpback Whale Song Dialects Shift Over Decades and What Cultural Transmission Tells Us

The Song That Crosses an OceanIn 1998, marine biologist Michael Noad and his colleagues at the University of Queensland documented something that had no clean explanation at the time. Two humpback whales off the east coast of Australia were singing a song-type that belonged to the west coast population, a…

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The Komodo Dragon's Mouth Was Blamed on Bacteria for Decades. The Venom Was Always There.

The Story Everyone BelievedFor decades, the standard explanation for how a Komodo dragon kills went like this: the lizard bites its prey, and then it waits. The mouth, supposedly crawling with over fifty strains of dangerous bacteria, would infect the wound. The prey, a deer, a pig, occasionally a water…

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AI Leaders Rarely Agree On The Future Of The Technology. Many Share The Same Fear About Bioweapons

The concerns are shaping debates around model testing, open-weight systems, and safeguards for increasingly capable AI models.

International Business Times

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How the Archerfish Spits Water at Insects With Ballistic Precision and Rarely Misses

A Fish That Solves Physics Without Knowing ItThe archerfish fires a jet of water at an insect sitting on a branch above the surface and hits it. Not sometimes. Routinely. From distances of up to three metres, with a brain that weighs less than a gram. The species most studied…

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'Soulmates': children pay tribute to mums after tragic death on Greek island

Renowned professor remembered for being 'brilliant and kind'.

Newcastle Herald

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses

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Scientists are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm to protect the species from extinction

Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia want to freeze koala sex cells in liquid nitrogen, which could preserve the DNA for decades until we need it, an expert said.

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What Humpback Whales Are Communicating Through Their Songs and Who Is Listening in the Ocean

The song is not random noiseA single humpback whale singing in the North Pacific can produce a sound sequence lasting up to 30 minutes, then repeat it almost exactly. Over weeks, the song changes, new phrases inserted, old ones dropped, and every male in the same ocean basin makes the…

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Friday essay: How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza

When the University of Queensland Press cancelled the publication of Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money’s book Bila: A River Cycle because of a blog post by its illustrator, 60 UQP contributors signed a letter of protest. Some declared they would no longer publish with UQP. Fourteen staff members issued a statement…

The Conversation

Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?

Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels.

The Conversation

Injectable peptides are the new anti-ageing trend. But what evidence do we have they’re safe for humans?

Injectable peptides are the new anti-ageing trend sweeping the beauty industry.

The Conversation

Australian Tech Founder Uses ChatGPT and AlphaFold to Design Dog Cancer Vaccine — Tumours Shrink by 75%

A Sydney data engineer has developed the world's first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for a dog using AI tools like ChatGPT and AlphaFold, achieving remarkable results.

International Business Times UK

Australia uncovers the world’s largest dinosaur footprints from 130 million years ago

Researchers have found some of the biggest dinosaur footprints ever. They are so huge that an adult could curl up inside one without a problem. It’s wild to imagine, honestly. This kind of find really turns our old ideas about prehistoric life on its head.

The Times of India

New semiconductor could allow classical and quantum computing on the same chip, thanks to superconductivity breakthrough

Researchers believe they can fit 25 million Josephson junctions — a useful component for quantum computing — on one two-inch wafer with this approach.

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Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope

University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met

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Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim

Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians

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Researchers create superconducting germanium semiconductor material using standard chip-making techniques - prototype demonstrates millions of superconducting junctions on a 2-inch wafer

Researchers at NYU and the University of Queensland have demonstrated superconductivity in gallium-doped epitaxial germanium, fabricated using industry-standard semiconductor tools.

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'This needs to happen fast': Scientists race to cryopreserve a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct

Less than 400 angle-stemmed myrtle specimens remain in the wild in Australia. Scientists are working on ways to preserve the species so that we can bring it back at any point if it dies out.

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Often parents and schools disagree about whether something is ‘bullying’: what happens next?

Bullying in schools can can have a devastating impact on victims. Research shows it can lead to reduced academic performance depression, anxiety and even suicidal behaviour. So, preventing and reducing bullying is an urgent priority for governments as well as families and schools.

The Independent UK

Instant noodles are quick and cheap. But here’s what they’re doing to your health

Noodles definitely have a place in busy lives and diverse kitchens, but with a few simple tweaks

The Guardian - AU

Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion

Queensland has tightly restricted the construction of townhouses and apartments for decades, and that’s the way it seems set to stay

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There's a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.

A massive boulder named Maka Lahi was recently found about 650 feet from the edge of a cliff in Tonga, and researchers believe that it may have been deposited by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago.

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Tributes Flow For 22 Y.O. Jocelyn Grace Mollee Killed In Fatal Sunshine Coast Crash

The young student was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway on Easter Monday.

International Business Times

Trove Of Dinosaur Footprints Found At Australian School

A trove of fossilised dinosaur footprints has been found on a slab of rock gathering dust inside an Australian school, scientists said on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Nocturnal basking and deep diving may not be enough to keep crocodiles cool in a warming world

Crocodiles are hardy creatures, capable of adjusting their behaviour to cope with the heat of the tropics. But there’s a limit to their endurance.

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