Grain growers face drought-hardy weed under changing climate

New research shows the most problematic weed in Australian grain cropping regions, annual ryegrass, can adapt its growth and reproduction to survive under drought stress.The findings highlight the urg...

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COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

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Facebook isn't just giving these agitators a platform: it's paying them

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.

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Ancient bone-crunching thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs

An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the Alcoota fossil beds north-east of Alice Springs.

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It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now

The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is

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Giant ice mountains on the other side of Earth once dictated Australia’s climate – new study

Mountains of ice far away in the northern hemisphere surely couldn’t change rainfall in Australia – or could they?

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Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it

Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Exposure to pesticides at work could raise risk of ALS, study finds

Two people in Australia are diagnosed with ALS each day. Researchers say working with pesticides could bring a 70 per cent greater risk of developing the fatal disease.

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Austria hits record temps, wildfires in Greece, Albania as Europe feels heat

The world's fastest-warming continent is being ravaged by record-breaking heat, wildfires and drought this summer, as well as power and water shortages.

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Farmers welcome barn owl baby boom after mouse plague

Clutches of barn owl chicks found inside a grain silo and cockatoo boxes indicate a "smorgasbord" of food, experts say.

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See the Sun’s surface in higher detail than ever before in new telescope images

The closer you zoom in, the more fascinating it is.

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Why Australia should urgently vaccinate wildlife most at risk from H5N1 bird flu

We should not wait for perfect certainty. It’s time to act before catastrophe.

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We don’t know how well threatened species fight off bird flu – but we need to

As bird flu takes hold, we must find and conserve species with less genetic ability to fight the virus.

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‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality

Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again

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Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees

AI systems need ‘situational awareness’ to do the right thing – but recent events show they can get confused.

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EU condemns Russian 'atrocities' as 17 killed in Kyiv

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen slammed "horrible atrocities" by Russia after a deadly attack on the Kyiv region killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens,

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Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: new research

Conservation cannot only protect habitats where species once lived – it must include the places where they will relocate in a warming world.

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Tiny patch of Amazon probably holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science

Megaproject involving hundreds of sites is cataloguing rainforest insects from the ground to the canopy.

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Capital One says it shut down hundreds of Trump Organization accounts over money-laundering concerns | CNN Business

Capital One closed hundreds of Trump Organization accounts in 2021 “for anti-money laundering reasons,” the bank disclosed for the first time in a court filing Friday night.

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Hummingbird and Hawkmoth Wing Shape: Analyzing Functional Convergence in Analogous Structures

Synopsis. Similar wing planform shapes have independently evolved in both hummingbirds and hawkmoths, indicating convergence. Functional analysis of bird w

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'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads

A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.

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No winter respite for farmers after dry July across southern WA

Concerns are growing over potential crop losses, with parts of WA's grain-growing regions recording their driest mid-winter spells on record.

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The Danube river is so low that Nazi warships are emerging

Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.

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Homes in Australia are now cheaper – why can’t the government sell this good news story? | Saul Eslake

Ministers love to claim credit for things like cheaper petrol and cheaper pharmaceuticals – why not cheaper housing?

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High court blocks plan to extract two Sydney Harbours’ worth of groundwater from the desert

NT government had granted 30-year licence to grow fruit and vegetables but native title holders say it threatened sacred sites and the fragile desert environment

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War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon

Mission accomplished

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