The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet

The colours you should avoid wearing if you’re a mosquito magnet

As mosquito season begins,we ask:why do the little blighters terrorise some and spare others? It could be down to your outfit.

  • byAngus Dalton

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One West Aussie’s journey from oil and gas to cosmic superstar

One West Aussie’s journey from oil and gas to cosmic superstar

In a pinch-himself moment,Peter Teale has made WA centre stage – again – in man’s second mission to the moon.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Australian kids falling behind our Asian neighbours in maths and science

Australian kids falling behind our Asian neighbours in maths and science

Boys are outperforming girls across key maths and science disciplines as overall performance plateaus.

  • byAlex Crowe
Panic over additive in cattle feed sparks milk and meat furore

Panic over additive in cattle feed sparks milk and meat furore

Consumers are dumping milk down toilets in protest at a supplement fed to cattle that’s approved for use in Australia.

  • byAngus Dalton
Dodgy science in crosshairs as fraud audit censures Australia’s top research agency

Dodgy science in crosshairs as fraud audit censures Australia’s top research agency

The National Health and Medical Research Council has been criticised over its lax approach to scientific misconduct in an audit that lays the groundwork for changes in the way bad science is policed.

  • byLiam Mannix
Sydney’s relieving southerly buster may be running out of puff

Sydney’s relieving southerly buster may be running out of puff

Desperate for a cool change? New analysis shows Sydneysiders should change their expectations of the city’s defining weather event.

  • byAngus Dalton
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Out of this world:What’s drawing Earth’s best space minds to WA

Out of this world:What’s drawing Earth’s best space minds to WA

The state government has pumped $25 million into the WA research centre helping to build the world’s largest telescope.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Where do we come from? Find out from the woman who makes science easy

Where do we come from? Find out from the woman who makes science easy

Archaeologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts admits that explaining life on Earth in one evening is “a bit ambitious”.

  • byKylie Northover
The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future
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Analysis

The curve that (partially) explains Australia’s climate future

Wealthy countries,including Australia,seem to be charting a different course to less-well-off nations when it comes to climate emissions. Why?

  • byLiam Mannix
Even a tiny dose can kill:The lethal brew at centre of suspected Laos mass poisoning

Even a tiny dose can kill:The lethal brew at centre of suspected Laos mass poisoning

Drinking just two teaspoons of methanol can cause blindness,while multi-organ failure and death are often the consequence of a larger dose.

  • byLiam Mannix
University investigates papers by top Australian cancer researchers after retractions

University investigates papers by top Australian cancer researchers after retractions

The University of Newcastle has launched a review into several scientific papers co-authored by two leading researchers after integrity concerns were raised.

  • byLiam Mannix