Aug. 18, 2009 -- Scientists have found one reason why children are better than adults at distinguishing between the faces of children. Tirta Susilo, of the psychology department at the Australian National University in Canberra, and colleagues reported ...
July 28, 2009 -- Popular crustaceans like lobsters, crabs and prawns owe their success to a unique color control system, according to a new genetic study. Australian zoologist Nick Wade of the CSIRO Food Futures Flagship in Brisbane and colleagues ...
June 16, 2009 -- Mountain ash forests in Australia are the best in the world at locking up carbon, a new study has found. And one of the authors said climate change negotiations should give more attention to protecting forests like these. Environmental ...
June 15, 2009 -- A long-used box jellyfish antivenom is unlikely to actually save lives, suggests new Australian research. And one expert says findings like this mean we need to improve our testing of antivenom effectiveness. A team publishing online ...
To email this article, type in your friend's name and email address, your name and email address, and a message. Then click "submit." April 24, 2009 -- Catastrophic climate change ...
Dec. 4, 2008 -- Speech analysis might be flavor of the month on TV, but one expert says popular crime shows may be giving the public an unrealistic idea of what the science can do. "Most dramas include this kind of thing [and] there's a great deal of ...
Oct. 23, 2008 -- Oxygen-producing photosynthesis may not have been around as long as previous studies suggest, according to Australian researchers. But not all are convinced. "Without oxygen we wouldn't have the development of more complex aerobic life ...
Oct. 21, 2008 -- Plants closer to the equator are more likely to have larger seeds, a fact that could help predict the risk that climate change poses to native plants, according to an Australian researcher. Evolutionary biologist Angela Moles of the ...
Oct. 15, 2008 -- Female lab mice can respond quite differently to male mice when it comes to anxiety, a new study has found, which could have important implications for scientific research. Neuroscientist Tim Karl of the Garvan Institute of Medical ...
June 3, 2008 -- Remains of nuts nibbled by ancient rats is among new evidence that settles a debate over whether Maori people were New Zealand's first inhabitants, say researchers. Paleontologist Trevor Worthy of the University of Adelaide in Australia ...
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