When astronomers focused on the galaxy NGC 4383, they didn’t expect the data to be so spectacular. This is the first detailed map of gas flowing from this galaxy as stars burst within.
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Sometimes it seems the night is just buzzing with insects. But are there really more insects out at night? We analysed all the evidence on insect activity across the day–night cycle to find out.
Young sharks are gathering at a popular beach. Here’s why we should skip our fear response and go for wonder – and protection
Storyselling, unlike narration, attempts to eradicate uncertainty. It cannot perform the important task of imagining the future.
Intense heat and no rain in southwest Western Australia are causing widespread tree and shrub die-offs.
At the moment, a child’s access to certain shots can differ depending on whether they live in Queensland or Tasmania.
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Kelp forests around the world, and in Canada, are under threat. New research sheds further light on the health, and resilience, of these crucial ecosystems.
Australia has backed a move to ensure multinational corporations at least pay some tax in the countries in which they operate, but has baulked at going all the way.
What do popular TV shows say about the modern gentleman – and how can this inform our understanding of (healthy) masculinity?
The release of the draft National Autism Strategy is cause for celebration – but its terms of reference mean it might not meet the most urgent challenges facing autistic Australians.
Nathan Thrall’s harrowing account of an avoidable tragedy doubles as a devastating analysis of the everyday realities of occupation, in the context of Palestinian and Israeli history.
The move makes sense at this stage of the pandemic. But abolishing a vaccine mandate needs to be done carefully so as not to damage public trust.
El fundador de Wikileaks tendrá permiso para recurrir su extradición a EE.UU. si este país y el Reino Unido no ofrecen garantías en relación con los motivos aceptados del recurso.
A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded.
The Wikileaks founder will be granted leave to appeal his extradition to the US if the US and UK do not provide assurances in relation to the accepted grounds of the appeal.
Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia holds a unique record of First Nations people. For millennia, they lived on vast plains that are now drowned by the sea.
We’ve known about dryland salinity for a century. But while we’ve made progress, the problem hasn’t yet been solved.
Magpies are expert problem-solvers – but just how good they are seems to depend on the size of the social group they grow up in.
The RSV shot children in WA will get is a monoclonal antibody. Here’s what that means.
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Research Associate in galaxy evolution, The University of Western Australia
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Paediatrician, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate in literary studies, The University of Western Australia
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Cognitive Psychology Researcher, The University of Western Australia
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in English and Literary Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Tax Law, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, The University of Western Australia
