Maritime folklore is awash with tall tales of monstrous waves. A new study gets closer to understanding where they come from and how to predict them.
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New research shows carbon in soil minerals is much more important than anybody realised.
Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.
Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
Recent flash droughts in parts of NSW and Victoria appeared quickly and can be followed by intense flooding rains. It’s part of a global trend driven by global warming.
El Niño can direct more warm water to the base of West Antarctic ice shelves, accelerating melting and increasing global sea level.
Astronomers caught the bizarre ‘awakening’ of an incredibly rare magnetic star.
Roughly half of people surveyed support the development of autonomous vehicles. But a third were undecided about many aspects and will need to be convinced about their safety and other benefits.
Even in states that don’t have daylight saving, most people favour it. However, support is strongest in the country’s south, where the difference between summer and winter daylight hours is greater.
Australian literature is a rich and largely untapped source of information about how Australians think about AI.
A zap with a laser in the lab confirmed the extraterrestrial origins of enigmatic lumps of glass found in the Northern Territory.
The extinction of the dinosaurs sparked an explosion of bird species, according to the largest-ever study of bird genetics.
Quantum computers that work at slightly higher temperatures could be cheaper and more accessible.
Powerful jets are launched from the most massive objects in our universe, but we don’t fully understand how. This measurement gets us a step closer to solving the mystery.
Here’s what to look for when you’re browsing for apps.
We don’t ban queer teachers in public schools anymore, but it’s still allowed in some religious private schools – which the new Law Reform Commission report wants to address. What can history teach us?
Our plant species are pickier about their preferred temperature range than you would expect. That means many will have to move south, seeking cooler climes.
At a time when women had limited rights, writers found ways to raise the issues of coercion and control.
Parents told us how the ever-present juggle of budgets and the realities of family life strained relationships and increased their mental load.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor of Global Change Ecology, University of Adelaide
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health & co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, La Trobe University
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto
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Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Casual Academic, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
