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Skin patch measures sweat to check your health

Thursday, 24 November 2016
A new skin patch could help you keep tabs on your health while you work up a sweat - literally.
Miniature laboratory

Concrete jungles can act as carbon sinks

Tuesday, 22 November 2016
The production of cement is a major source of carbon dioxide, but new research suggests the material that makes up our concrete jungles also plays an important role in reabsorbing carbon emissions.
Carbon cities

Bright radio burst sheds light on Universe's cosmic web

Friday, 18 November 2016
An ultra-bright cosmic flash of radio waves from a galaxy far, far away has given scientists an unprecedented view of what lies between galaxies in the Universe.
Bright flash

Tropical invaders, heat waves and pollution take toll on Australia's kelp forests

Tuesday, 15 November 2016
The southerly migration of voracious tropical fish and urchins are threatening kelp forests along the east coast of Australia, while marine heatwaves and pollution are taking their toll in the south and west, two separate studies have found.
Kelp killers

Plants key to recent pause in growth of atmospheric CO2

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
The rate of growth in atmospheric carbon dioxide has slowed due to an increased uptake of the greenhouse gas by the planet's plants, a new study has suggested.
Plant power

Bonobos suffer from failing eyesight as they get older

Tuesday, 8 November 2016
We are not the only ones who need glasses as we age - bonobos also become long-sighted as they get older, according to research.
Ageing eyes

Thorny devils drink water by burying themselves in sand

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The secret to thorny devils' survival in the desert is shovelling sand on top of themselves to suck the moisture out of it, a study suggests.
Desert survival tactics

Oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in arid Australia found

Thursday, 3 November 2016
The chance discovery of one of the most important prehistoric sites in Australia pushes back the date of human occupation in the arid outback 10,000 years.
Australian archaeology

How did the Moon's Orientale Basin get its three rings?

Friday, 28 October 2016
Mapping of gravity data from the Moon by NASA's GRAIL mission may finally reveal how a huge bullseye-shaped basin formed on the Moon, say scientists.
Mystery of the rings

Fragments of fossilised dinosaur brain found for the first time

Friday, 28 October 2016
A brown bit of rock picked up in the UK by a professional fossil hunter a decade ago is the first piece of fossilised dinosaur brain tissue ever to be found, scientists have confirmed.
Dino brain

New 'titanic' Aussie dinosaur stretched half the length of a basketball court

Friday, 21 October 2016
A giant new species of long-necked dinosaur revealed today, sheds light on the likely origin of Australian sauropods.
Big beasts

ExoMars Mission: What's happened to the Schiaparelli lander?

Thursday, 20 October 2016
Although fears grow for the ExoMars lander, scientists say the mission has been a success. Here's what we know so far.
Rough landing

Oldest squawk box suggests dinosaurs were no songbirds

Thursday, 13 October 2016
Discovery of the oldest known bird voice box is shedding light on what sounds dinosaurs were capable of making - or not!
Fossil clues

National Geographic photographer uses images to call for conservation

Wednesday, 12 October 2016
A striking photograph will always stir more emotions and create a bigger impact than a spreadsheet of statistics, says acclaimed National Geographic photographer Thomas Peschak.
Image power

European trio win Nobel Prize for 'world's smallest machines'

Wednesday, 5 October 2016
A trio of European scientists has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines.