Prolonged megadroughts are here to stay
Persistent megadroughts will become a more prevalent feature of the global climate, according to a 40-year study released this week.
The Swiss Federal Institute for
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Queensland flight plan for hydrogen-electric plane
A Queensland aircraft manufacturer is planning to fly a hydrogen-electric aircraft between Gladstone and Brisbane this year to test the cutting-edge
Read more21 January 2025
School bus changes to support Brisbane Metro launch
Brisbane’s stop-start, turn-up-and-go, Metro service officially starts next week, with the high-capacity, high-frequency public bus rapid transit system operating
Read more21 January 2025
Moon was a chip off the old block
New insights have emerged on the formation of the Moon. It now seems that it was created almost entirely from materials ejected from the Earth.
Previously the formation
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Cancer impacting more women and young adults
Mortality rates from cancer are continuing to drop but the disease is starting to shift towards women and younger people.
American Cancer Society data, released this
Read more21 January 2025
Pre-Prep program prepares parents and pupils
An expanded pre-Prep program in Brisbane’s east, which includes closer ties to local kindergartens, is giving parents the tools to prepare their children for
Read more21 January 2025
Early humans found to be vegetarians
The popular image of early humans feasting on animals may be off the mark. New research has found that early hominins mostly ate plants.
A study, published this week in
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Aging robots may need to re-trained
There has been significant attention paid to the need to reskill humans in the digital high-tech era. Now, it seems, robots may need to do the same to avoid high-tech
Read more21 January 2025
Galactic image of 200 million stars 10 years in the making
A photograph 10 years in the making and featuring 200 million stars is helping scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy.
University of Washington astronomers
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Ice core to reveal million-year-old climate secrets
An Australian team has started drilling in the Antarctic, aiming to capture climate data from one million years ago.
Australian Antarctic Program scientists aim to
Read more20 January 2025