Clever birds and killer bots:What to know about swarm intelligence
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Animals

Clever birds and killer bots:What to know about swarm intelligence

Birds,bees and ants all co-operate to solve problems with no one in charge. Here’s what humans are learning from them.

  • byAngus Holland andJackson Graham

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My new favourite place to go - and the fun is free
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Comedy

My new favourite place to go - and the fun is free

Where else might you see tiny people taking their first steps,young people having their first kiss and old people just happy to be out and about?

  • byThomas Mitchell
‘Tears of happiness at the sight of you’:Our love affair with urban trees

‘Tears of happiness at the sight of you’:Our love affair with urban trees

New research demonstrates the deep personal connections people forge with the urban environment around them,particularly city trees.

  • byBianca Hall
Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils race against climate clock to save heritage trees

Councils across the state are adopting new tree management policies to save old trees from destruction and increase tree coverage,as they respond locally to rapidly increasing urban heat.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Months alone and a 50-kilo pack:The Murray Fredericks guide to photography

Months alone and a 50-kilo pack:The Murray Fredericks guide to photography

There’s landscape,and then there’s a Murray Fredericks landscape – and the story of how he got there is on display in a major retrospective.

  • byKarl Quinn
Firefighters on edge as weather phenomenon threatens WA

Firefighters on edge as weather phenomenon threatens WA

Fears of lightning storms in air so hot that it evaporates rain have firefighter strike teams and water bombers on standby,preparing for a nightmare week.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Branching out:West Australian cattle station launches ‘dingo tours’

Branching out:West Australian cattle station launches ‘dingo tours’

When a Victorian sanctuary asked these two West Australian farmers for help,they knew they were right for the job. But there was a challenging road ahead.

  • byEmma Young
What actually happens if you chop down that verge tree? Well,it depends where you live
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Local council

What actually happens if you chop down that verge tree? Well,it depends where you live

Whether you get a warning or a $10,000 fine for interfering with your local suburban streetscape might depend on little more than luck in Perth.

  • byHeather McNeill
Yes,Brissie backyards come with snakes. Removing them creates another risk
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City life

Yes,Brissie backyards come with snakes. Removing them creates another risk

There’s a perception that snakes don’t belong in urban environments and that,if spotted,need to be relocated. Should we rethink that?

  • byCourtney Kruk
Underwater cyclones off Sydney are giant floating laboratory’s next mission

Underwater cyclones off Sydney are giant floating laboratory’s next mission

Massive heated whirlpools that occur off the Australian coast are the focus of a fascinating new multimillion-dollar mission.

  • byAngus Dalton