A twin study has revealed the complex interplay between genetics and environment in how our brains…
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Singing the blues: more whale songs detected during La Niña years
Almost two decades of whale recordings suggest the movements of the pygmy blue whale are affected…
LIFE IN THE ‘DEAD’ HEART OF AUSTRALIA
New Australian fossil site offers details of verdant landscape 15 million years ago A team of…
Comets’ heads can be green, but never their tails
After 90 years, we finally know why December 21, 2021 The team solved this mystery with…
This laser is supposed to rejuvenate vaginal tissue – but scientists say it’s no better than a placebo
Vaginal laser therapy treatments claim to reduce negative vaginal symptoms of menopause – experienced by about half of all women – by up to 100 per cent. A new trial shows they might not work at all. …
The fishy business of artificial reefs
UNSW scientists have uncovered why artificial reefs attract more small foraging fish, or baitfish, than natural…
Soft corals, hard problem: new technique will reveal corals vulnerable to bleaching
A technique developed by UNSW Sydney marine biologists promises to efficiently identify which of Australia’s soft…
Less stress for women who know their genetic risk for breast cancer
Women who found out their genetic risk for breast cancer had fewer regrets than those who…
Engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
A decades-old problem about how to reliably control millions of qubits in a silicon quantum computer…
Humans have left an absolute mess in space but no one wants to clean it up.
When we think of space, we think big and empty but when it comes to Earth’s…
Australia’s alpine plants face bleak future from rapid climate change
Native Australian alpine plants may not be able to adapt or migrate quickly enough to survive…
Stalagmite growth found to be surprisingly constant
To look inside a stalagmite is to look back in time tens of thousands of years…
Narooma’s hot spot of ocean warming is more than three times the global average
A UNSW analysis has found waters off southern NSW are demonstrating an accelerated warming trend. The…
To the future: finding the common moral ground in human-robot relations
Designers who use ethics to shape better companion robots will end up making better humans, too,…
Disability support workers are experiencing high levels of insecurity and uncertainty, according to a UNSW report.
A major report by UNSW researchers Natasha Cortis and Georgia van Toorn found only one in…