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Extreme psychological distress is a normal response to extreme events – here’s why it’s unhelpful to medicalise distress
I spent my youth watching the American war comedy drama M*A*S*H*, which followed...
Did inbreeding cause the woolly mammoth’s extinction? Our research suggests it was more sudden than that
In science, we usually share our successes and ignore the less glamorous mishaps
Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’
The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth’s climate, hosts vast blooms of microscopic...
Unlocking the body’s defences: understanding immunotherapy
In the battle against diseases, the human body boasts an intricate defence network...
Iron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse
You’ve likely heard that you can get iron from eating spinach and steak
How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground
You would have learned about the “water cycle” in primary school – water’s journey,...
Bipolar disorder: we’ve pinpointed the brain areas which drive mood bias
Moods and emotions play an important role in our day-to-day life
Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing...
A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth
Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly...
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years
The tests revealed far more than we expected
Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found throughout the human body – how worried should we be?
The world is becoming clogged with plastic
The warming ocean is leaving coastal economies in hot water
Ocean-related tourism and recreation supports more than 320,000 jobs and US$13.5...
Scary-sounding new virus in the news? Here are the questions you should ask
In the US, a dairy-farm worker develops itching, blood-shot eyes. In Australia,...
Poop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health
Microbiome research to date has been much like the parable of the blind men and...
The secrets of Maya child sacrifice at Chichén Itzá uncovered using ancient DNA
After analysing the remains of 64 ancient sacrificed individuals, most of whom were...
South Australia’s enigmatic pink sand was born in ice-covered Antarctic mountains, new research shows
In parts of South Australia, long stretches of beach are often blanketed in large...