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Avoiding technology meltdown

Cyber security with globe

Can we prevent cyber-attacks that result in the leak of secret information?

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Protecting crops by preserving their pollinators

Protecting crops by preserving their pollinators

A worrying global decline threatening food security.

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Curbing chemo

Curbing chemo

Studying immune receptors to reduce chemo symptoms.

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Deep breath: this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead

Deep breath: this sea snake gathers oxygen through its forehead

Hydrophis cyanocinctus has a mysterious hole in the top of its skull.

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When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with ‘two lots of grief’. Here’s how we can help

When a baby is stillborn, grandparents are hit with ‘two lots of grief’. Here’s how we can help

Grandparents grieve for their child and their stillborn grandchild, a grief we need to acknowledge.

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Potential for prostate cancer breakthrough

Potential for prostate cancer breakthrough

New tests to pinpoint when treatment is required.

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Turning the tide for marine ecology

Turning the tide for marine ecology

An artificial shellfish reef reverses impact of poor decisions.

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Getting to the heart of good health

Getting to the heart of good health

New approaches to cardiovascular disease.

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GM crops: to ban or not to ban? That’s not the question

GM crops: to ban or not to ban? That’s not the question

A government-commissioned report estimated that South Australia’s ban on genetically modified crops cost canola growers A$33 million since 2004.

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Curious Kids: why do we cry?

Curious Kids: why do we cry?

Most people cry when they’re feeling sad, or when they are having big feelings.

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