The Science Briefing
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This is The Science Briefing, a podcast about the science of everything and your new go-to podcast for your snapshot of science news. Hosted by Dr Sophie Calabretto and featuring journalists from Cosmos Magazine, The Science Briefing brings you the latest research in technology, health, climate, physics, artificial intelligence, space and more. Hear what’s making news in science in Australia and across the globe every Tuesday and Thursday. Search The Science Briefing, or download the LiSTNR app to listen for free.
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How do you shave an ant? Science stories you might have missed in June
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Digging up the past: What can archaeology tell us?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Which Aussie mammal will take home the crown?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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The birds that are breaking world records
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Tiny robots in your blood? The possibilities of nanotechnology
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Is Australia embracing the power of robotics?
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Botox: The science making it safer
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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What on earth is quantum theory?
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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What do deep sea creatures and batteries have in common?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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When did people start kissing? The science stories you missed in May
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May 31, 2023 |
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King of the dinosaurs Jack Horner says the t-rex could have had feathers
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May 29, 2023 |
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You're shedding your DNA everywhere you go
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May 24, 2023 |
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Talking Dead: Using AI to communicate with people who have passed
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May 22, 2023 |
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What would we do if GPS went down?
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May 17, 2023 |
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Volcanoes: is it possible to predict an eruption?
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May 15, 2023 |
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Antarctic ice is melting five times faster than we thought
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May 10, 2023 |
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The end of the jab? The science behind vaccine patches
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May 08, 2023 |
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Another SpaceX rocket crashes and burns and birds with toxic feathers
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May 03, 2023 |
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The Kathleen Folbigg story: reasonable doubt and what happens next
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May 01, 2023 |
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Meat without slaughter: would you eat lab-grown meat?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Are protein powders a waste of money?
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The Mandela Effect: can science explain false memories?
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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A giant step for construction: how long before we're building on the Moon?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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What’s in your jab? The ingredients in vaccines
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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200-year-old hair samples could finally tell us how Beethoven died
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Artificial intelligence: who is responsible when AI goes wrong?
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Artificial intelligence: the good, the bad and the really ugly
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Artificial intelligence: is ChatGPT as scary as you think it is?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Artificial intelligence: how many times a day are you interacting with an algorithm?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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A deadly fungus has shut down an iconic Australian Island
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The age of megafauna: Why did animals used to be so big?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Do you know what's in your toothpaste? The chemicals you can't see
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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From laser cannons to invisible cars: Which James Bond gadgets exist in real life?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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What happened to the hole in the ozone layer?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Pigeons: the unlikely genius of the animal kingdom
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Medicinal cannabis as medicine: does it work?
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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From doomsday glaciers to violent whales: The science stories you missed in February
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Demystifying Forensics part 4: Unreliable forensic science has sentenced innocent people to death
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Demystifying Forensics part 3: How DNA can catch a killer
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Demystifying Forensics part 2: the gruesome stories bloodstains can tell us
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Demystifying Forensics part 1: decomposing bodies and time of death
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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An asteroid just flew super close to Earth and hardly anyone noticed
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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The destructive impact of climate change on cricket
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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From ChatGPT to echidna snot: The science stories you missed in January
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Is Bitcoin destroying the planet?
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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How Australian Open’s Hawk-Eye camera technology delivers the right call every time
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Immunity and vaccines: What's wrong with the government's covid strategy
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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What do astronauts eat in space?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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The penguin divide: why are some penguin colonies doing better than others?
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The biggest and boldest space missions for 2023
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Powering 2023: the biggest energy projects in Australia this year
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Revisited: Can a machine be an artist?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Revisited: What are the odds you'll be hit by falling space junk?
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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The most clicked on science stories for 2022
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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The biggest science stories in 2022
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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The science of getting drunk
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Is it ok to go to the zoo?
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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The Artemis 1 mission was a success, what happens next?
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How AI could predict whether you live or die
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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E-scooter accidents: should we be worried?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The observatory buried kilometres under ice in Antarctica
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Could new scientific evidence release Kathleen Folbigg from prison?
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Don’t diss the purple tomato: addressing the rumours around GMO
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Jazz! Is there a science to music?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Renewable energy and waste: what do we do with old renewables tech?
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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How do we count greenhouse gas emissions?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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What will you do with your body when you die?
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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The Artemis program: NASA wants to form a colony on the moon
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Spiders and fake news: why our 8-legged friends get a bad rap
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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A covid update: what do we know about the new subvariants?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Putting the mystery drug to the pill test
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Malaria: how far away are we from global eradication?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Stumbling over dinosaur fossils in outback Queensland
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Sunscreen testing: getting sunburnt for science
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Scientific fraud: the allegations against a pivotal Alzheimer’s study
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Dog noses: sniffing out diseases and stress in humans
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Seafood fraud: why you can’t always trust what’s on your plate
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Clinical trials: would you be a scientific guinea pig?
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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The Sun is getting angry and we’re not sure why!
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Can a machine be an artist?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Is polio back? Here's what you need to know
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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The Ig Nobel Prize: the Nobel Prize’s alter ego
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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What to do with PFAS: the ‘forever chemicals’
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Renewable energy certificates: why they are falling short
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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How to save frogs from the amphibian apocalypse
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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T-rex: the science behind the deadliest bite
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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The threatened species list: what does it do for animals and plants?
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Why Australia finally ended the mad cow blood ban
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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The double-edged sword of making robots more human
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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What are the odds you'll be hit by falling space junk?
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Are Australia’s coal companies underreporting their methane emissions?
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Rabies: the virus with a near 100% fatality rate
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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How to stop the Murray-Darling Basin from running dry
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Could plastic eating 'superworms' help solve our waste problem?
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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The James Webb Space Telescope: Exploring the universe like never before
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Introducing The Science Briefing
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Jul 28, 2022 |