New research is using genomes from living thylacine relatives to build a new, chromosome-scale genome for the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger New insights into the development of the dunnart – or ...

Tropical diseases affecting mine detection dogs have disrupted efforts to clear landmines in Cambodia, but a new technique could help keep the dogs healthy and working ...

This year’s international climate change conference could disappoint or deliver meaningful actions to combat the climate emergency and support adaptation measures Weather events that led to Sydney’s ...

Thomas Baker Chair, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Deputy Director, Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, ...

The UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence draws our attention to the number of women who die at the hands of their former or current partner. Many of these women are mothers who leave ...

When challenges arise we may feel confused, but there are five signs to help us understand when to seek mental health support The HILDA 2019 Survey finds intriguing links between dominant personality ...

As National Science Week celebrates scientific discovery in Australia, we ask what’s likely to be the ‘next big thing’ in some of the most exciting fields of science research? The platypus is a ‘near ...

Two people walk towards each other, both try and get out of the way - before you know it, they’re doing the ‘sidewalk salsa’ Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for policies and programs to support older people’s desire to live and thrive in their own healthy community Dementia cases have doubled over the ...

Supporting mature-aged students in rural communities is key to securing Australia’s regional health workforce With the mercury soaring in much of the country, extreme heat and heatwaves are fast ...

Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza; Honorary, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University ...

Right now, the incentives for Australians to get their COVID-19 vaccine are all wrong. Carrots, sticks and nudges don’t seem to be working. So, why don’t we pay people to get vaccinated? While ...