Giant clams placed on critically endangered list
The giant clam is in danger of going extinct after suffering a population plunge of more than 80 percent over the last century.
University of Colorado Boulder
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Aging animals scale down social networks
Animals show similar traits to humans as they age, reducing their social networks and not making new friends.
A collection of 16 studies, including six from the
Read more30 October 2024
Central Queensland highway a koala death trap
Almost three koalas a week are killed on a 50km stretch to road in Central Queensland, elevating the risk to the region’s already endangered population.
Researchers
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Population growth prompts expanded Prep enrolments
More than a dozen schools across south-east Queensland will expand Prep enrolments next year in response to rapid population growth.
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE)
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Science edges toward a new periodic table element
Just when you thought you had remembered them all, science seemed headed towards a new element on the periodic table.
Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have
Read more29 October 2024
Speaking two languages slows Alzheimer’s
Speaking two languages has been found to slow the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by up to five years.
A new study by Concordia University, published in the
Read more28 October 2024
One-leg balancing the key to healthy aging
The ability to stand on one leg has emerged as one of the best indicators of long-term health.
Mayo Clinic researchers say leg balance is a better “telltale sign” of
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A third of asthma cases linked to small particle exposure
More than 30 percent of new asthma cases globally have been found to be linked to long-term fine particle exposure.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
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Global cost of gambling set to top $1 trillion
An international study has found Australians gamble more than any nation on earth and that the global impact of gambling was worse than previously thought.
A Lancet
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New bee facility will help combat destructive mite
Southern Cross University has opened a new Bee Research and Extension Lab focussed on managing the devastating Varroa destructor mite.
Varroa poses one of the biggest
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