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Thursday 10 September 2026
190,000-year-old cave reveals how ancient human species lived and adapted
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UOW backs NSW investment in innovation and research commercialisation
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Environment and Energy, Science and Technology
The first wave of bird flu is the worst: what Australia can learn from overseas
Whether a bird species collapses or merely stumbles under H5N1 depends less on the virus itself than on habitat, nutrition and the other pressures already stacked against it
Environment and Energy
Cheap, effective and dangerous: how Australian farmers came to depend on the toxic weedkiller paraquat
Despite concerns that longer-term exposure could be linked to Parkinson’s disease, there are few alternatives suited to current farming practices
Environment and Energy, Research
Lake mud reveals 7,000 years of Kangaroo Island’s complex fire history
Without First Nations people, Kangaroo Island has burned widely over the past 2,000 years as the climate got drier.
Community, Environment and Energy, International, Research
Indigenous-led weed management research wins international award
The prize-winning report explores how Indigenous perspectives can transform environmental management and healing of Country
Environment and Energy
First global bee estimates hint at thousands of hidden species
Groundbreaking study counts species across continents and countries, highlighting urgent gaps in biodiversity knowledge
Business and Economy
Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die
Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and pollution.