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Reading desert sands – Indigenous wildlife tracking skills underpin vast monitoring project

As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing unfolds in front of them.

The Conversation

Mixing science and culture snags win in seagrass rescue

Cultural and scientific knowledge combine as important ingredients in protecting and restoring seagrass but now the effort is in expanding the process.

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Octopus DNA gives clues about Antarctic ice melt

Octopus DNA analysis has pointed to the likely collapse of an Antarctic ice sheet 120,000 years ago when global temperatures were similar to current levels.

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Lessons learnt from polio eradication programme can help improve retinopathy of prematurity services in India: Lancet paper

Highlighting the success of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), doctors from Narayana Nethralaya and the University of Western Australia have said that lessons learnt from this initiative can help improve retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) services in India. A paper on this titled Retinopathy of prematurity in India: what can…

The Hindu

Why The Conversation lifted the (eye) mask on insomnia

Insomnia is an ancient preoccupation and modern obsession. Its effect on our mental health and wellbeing can be dramatic.

The Conversation

'Super-fast laser' technology could reach moon mission

Australian scientists developing new optical technology say it will be 1000 times faster than the radio waves currently used to communicate in space.

AAP

Nerf guns, marbles and Einstein: schools taking quantum leap to halt Australia’s Stem crisis

The Quantum Girls and Einstein-First programs aim to boost engagement with science in primary and secondary classrooms, especially among girls

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'Too small and carefree': endangered animals released into the wild may lack the match-fitness to evade predators

Breeding threatened mammals in fenced, predator-free areas is a common conservation strategy in Australia. The method is designed to protect vulnerable species and breed animals for release into the wild.

The Conversation

Legalising cannabis could make WA almost $250 million per year, according to UWA report

Legalising cannabis in Western Australia could see the state’s fortunes boosted by $243.5 million each year according to a report from the University of Western Australia.

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Study Reveals Secrets of Ancient Stone Ritual Structures in AlUla

A new scientific study has uncovered the mysteries of ancient stone structures in Saudi Arabia's AlUla, revealing that they were ritual constructions created by ancient herders and hunters for sacrificing animals as offerings to the divine. Conducted by the University of Western Australia in collaboration with the Royal Commission for…

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Deepest-dwelling fish ever seen is a ghostly snailfish spotted more than 27,000 feet beneath the ocean surface

The never-before-seen fish was spotted 5 miles below the ocean's surface in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan.

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