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Research suggests plants are highly aware of the world around them.
Study hints at stillbirth-pollution link
Researchers say they have found ‘suggestive evidence’ for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of stillbirth.
Butt bricks boost green building
Builders may soon bring a global littering problem into the home, by making bricks out of cigarette butts.
Drone drivers get drift lessons
Drone researchers have created an autonomous system that pushes the outer limits of extreme driving.
Fuel-burning effects unexpected
Researchers say current models underestimate the effect of burning the world’s remaining fossil fuels.
Kidney fix carries risks
Research has shown the effectiveness of a medication used to treat a common cause of kidney failure, but also revealed some big risks.
Mental angle will miss murderers
Experts say most violent individuals do not have a clear mental illness, despite what gun lobbies claim.
Fossil find pushes life way back
New fossils suggest large multi-celled life appeared on Earth about 1 billion years earlier than previously thought.
Study seeks psychiatric psilocybin
A small study suggests magic mushrooms could help with treatment-resistant depression.
UNSW sun-sapping hits next level
Australian engineers have set a new world record for sunlight-to-electricity conversion.
Laser-cooling CPU makes AI advance
Australian physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using AI to perform Nobel Prize-winning work.
Stretchy solar skin uncovered
Engineers have unveiled a stretchable solar-power generating skin, complete with tiny embedded batteries.
Experts reflect on anti-depressants
Australian researchers are questioning the effectiveness of antidepressants, after a clinical study suggested many might be taking them unnecessarily.
Helium microscope making waves
Australian engineers have unveiled a breakthrough new microscope, two decades in the making, opening up a new window into the scientific world.
Mental illness still missing out
Mental illness is the largest and fastest growing source of disability in Australia and more needs to be done to improve the stakes.
Ninth planet's past probed
Star-gazers continue to seek an elusive ninth planet in our solar system.
Genes marked for school success
A massive genetic study indicates that educational achievement could be written in our DNA.
Suffering CSIRO hits the streets
The shadow minister for innovation Kim Carr has been spotted at protests over the planned shedding of 275 jobs at CSIRO.
Antibiotics teach better methods
Experts have reflected on the lessons that poo can teach about antibiotics.
Bad banding hurts horses
Shockwaves are surging through the equestrian world after research found nosebands and double bridles cause unnecessary pain and suffering to horses.
CCA wants Reef risks raised
The Climate Council of Australia (CCA) has warned that the fate of the Great Barrier Reef could be sealed in the next term of Federal Government.