Science
Medicine to prevent bone loss may help lower risk of ovarian cancer
A study of tens of thousands of women suggests a common bone density drug could lower the risk of ovarian cancer.
- by Stuart Layt
Latest
Fluffy rodents ‘started Black Death and killed off half of Europe’
Harmless-looking marmots may have harboured the Black Death in Kyrgyzstan before it spread via the Silk Road.
- by Sarah Knapton
Self-aware machines? Not quite, but AI is already with us
Experts have shot down claims Google has created a sentient AI, but artificial intelligence is already impacting how we live.
- by Stuart Layt
Protein molecule link to melanoma outcomes
South Australian researchers have discovered a particular protein may determine the fate of people with skin cancer.
- by Tim Dornin
Your dog thinks like a toddler, new research confirms
The research looked at how dogs self-regulated their behaviour, showing they are just above the level of a preschooler when it comes to regulating their own behaviour.
- by Stuart Layt
The ‘superworms’ that might save us from plastic pollution
Scientists have discovered “superworms” can eat plastic, but the worms themselves are not the thing the scientists find the most interesting.
- by Stuart Layt
‘Swiss Army knife’ shows ancient humans were talking to one another
The shape of stone tools across southern Africa shows ancient humans were communicating over long distances before they left to explore the rest of the world.
- by Stuart Layt
Explainer
Monkeypox
What is monkeypox and should we be worried?
Monkeypox has been recorded in Australia for the first time. What is it?
- by Sherryn Groch
Explainer
Coronavirus pandemic
We’re now in the ‘age of pandemics’. Can we stop the next one?
What needs to happen to avert another virus-borne global tragedy? We ask the scientist who helped discover Ebola, a Nobel laureate, and the man who first published COVID-19’s genetic code.
- by Sherryn Groch
‘Hope for all cancers’: Small trial makes 100% of tumours disappear
It’s a small drug trial with “unheard of’” results is having a seismic impact in the world of oncology.
- by Kim Bellware
New research confirms some melanomas may be harmless - but which ones?
The research backs up previous findings that cancer screening programs are saving lives, but are also causing some people to receive invasive treatments they do not need.
- by Stuart Layt