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Severe storms, floods threaten south-east states - Queanbeyan CityNews
34+ min ago (453+ words) Severe storms, heavy rain and rising flood risks are sweeping across southeast and central Australia as a deep low-pressure system powers east over the next three days. Senior meteorologist David Crockett from the Bureau of Meteorology says the low will…...
Landmark cat-rout project receives a major cash boost
4+ week, 1+ day ago (462+ words) Efforts to create the largest human-inhabited feral cat-free area anywhere in the world have received a funding boost. Federal and South Australian contributions, along with a philanthropic top-up, will see almost $4 million sent the way of the Kangaroo Island project....
Numbats no longer endangered but threat far from over
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (485+ words) By Aaron Bunch in Perth Long-tongued, termite-munching numbats are no longer endangered due to decades of successful conservation efforts, the global authority on the status of the natural world says. Also known as banded anteaters, the status of the pint-sized…...
AI on the sly: more Aussies are using chatbots for work
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (531+ words) One in three Australian workers are using artificial intelligence to get ahead without telling their employer, and even more say using the technology makes them feel like they are cheating. But their guilty secret is increasing productivity in the workplace,…...
Reef again avoids 'in danger' World Heritage listing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (525+ words) By Poppy Johnston in Canberra The beloved Great Barrier Reef has again dodged an “in danger” tag from the United Nations World Heritage Committee. But Australia has been asked for another progress report on the reef’s health by 2028, in the…...
Deposits in the egg and sperm bank to safeguard koalas
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) The best hope for the notoriously lazy and reproductively uninclined koala may lie in a specially designed sperm bank. The beloved Aussie marsupial is increasingly vulnerable to population pressure, habitat loss and disease. Reproductive biologist Andres Gambini, at the University…...
'Supercharged': El Niño brings drier, hotter conditions
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (565+ words) By Poppy Johnston and Alex Mitchell Climate scientists are warning an El Niño event in the Pacific brings bushfire conditions, with drier and warmer weather expected for parts of Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the weather event and said…...
Here's how the world’s first AI‑designed vaccine works
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (655+ words) Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed what they describe as a fundamentally new type of vaccine using artificial intelligence (AI). The vaccine’s key component was designed entirely by AI and has now been tested in people for the…...
Mapping forces with help from galaxies far, far away
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (456+ words) Iridescent red and blue ribbons of light arching over the Australian outback are helping scientists understand how the Milky Way galaxy came to be. Using an advanced radio telescope in remote Western Australia, more than 700km north of Perth, astronomers have…...
What the science says GLP-1 drugs are good for
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1007+ words) GLP‑1 drugs such as Ozempic show promise for more than weight loss. PAUL JOYCE looks at what’s science and what’s hype. You’ve probably heard of Ozempic or Wegovy. These are the injectable drugs that have become household names for weight…...