‘People don’t want to talk’:The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science

‘People don’t want to talk’:The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science

Bad science is affecting clinical guidelines,but now an Australian professor has a solution.

  • byAngus Dalton

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New hit:Contact sport,CTE link to Parkinson’s-style disease

New hit:Contact sport,CTE link to Parkinson’s-style disease

New research from Boston University links repeated head knocks to physical and mental deterioration.

  • byGreg Baum
The world’s toughest lion broke an epic record. Australians were filming

The world’s toughest lion broke an epic record. Australians were filming

Jacob the lion has survived being mauled,trapped and gored. Now his life – charted by an Australian biologist – has a dramatic new chapter.

  • byAngus Dalton
Why aren’t there any good medical treatments for a stroke?

Why aren’t there any good medical treatments for a stroke?

As more young people experience the affliction which strikes at least 100 Australians a day,research into better medicines is getting held back.

  • byAngus Dalton
These plastics were ‘unrecyclable’. An Australian invention is changing that
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These plastics were ‘unrecyclable’. An Australian invention is changing that

Groundbreaking technology developed by University of NSW researchers transforms hard plastics from old office equipment into 3D printer feedstock.

  • byAndrew Taylor
The platypus ‘hoax’ that tricked the world,but illuminated a different animal wonder

The platypus ‘hoax’ that tricked the world,but illuminated a different animal wonder

One viral specimen had platypus experts snatching up UV torches. They were sorely disappointed – but many other animals glow brilliantly after dark.

  • byAngus Dalton
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The uni rich list:Vice chancellors on $1 million salaries revealed

The uni rich list:Vice chancellors on $1 million salaries revealed

Australia’s highest-paid vice chancellors are now earning six times their university’s senior professors as the union calls for an inquiry into wage theft.

  • byDaniella White andSherryn Groch
‘It’s a total game changer’:Australian breakthrough in DNA editing

‘It’s a total game changer’:Australian breakthrough in DNA editing

Scientists say they have discovered a tool that makes gene editing easier and more precise,opening up possibilities from eliminating diabetes to fighting global warming.

  • byAngus Dalton
The Sydney student who uncovered a ‘shocking’ problem with global cancer research

The Sydney student who uncovered a ‘shocking’ problem with global cancer research

Undergraduate Danielle Oste found something thousands of scientists had overlooked.

  • byAngus Dalton
Dolphins that play together get the girls together,WA study finds

Dolphins that play together get the girls together,WA study finds

The wonder of a good wingman and the power of play are clear in the world of Western Australia’s world-famous bottlenose dolphins,a global research team finds.

  • byCharlotte Vinson
The race to stop people destroying evidence of alien life
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The race to stop people destroying evidence of alien life

Looting and scientific vandalism on Earth has scientists worried we could destroy evidence of extraterrestrial life before we even find it.

  • byAngus Dalton