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Meet 'Jaws', the South American horned frog with a big bite

  • Written by: Marc Emyr Huw Jones, ARC Fellow and Lecturer, University of Adelaide
imageThe South American horned frog packs quite a bite.Shutterstock/Norjipin Saidi

South American horned frogs (Ceratophrys) can capture and swallow whole animals up to their own body size, including other frogs, lizards, snakes and rodents. This is possible because they have jaws that can produce an extremely forceful bite.

Just how powerful is the bite...

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Want energy storage? Here are 22,000 sites for pumped hydro across Australia

  • Written by: Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University

The race is on for storage solutions that can help provide secure, reliable electricity supply as more renewables enter Australia’s electricity grid.

With the support of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), we have identified 22,000 potential pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites across all states and territories of Australia....

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More than 1,200 scientists urge rethink on Australia's marine park plans

  • Written by: Jessica Meeuwig, Professor & Director, Marine Futures Lab, University of Western Australia

The following is a statement from the Ocean Science Council of Australia, an internationally recognised independent group of university-based Australian marine researchers, and signed by 1,286 researchers from 45 countries and jurisdictions, in response to the federal government’s draft marine parks plans.


We, the undersigned scientists, are...

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Giving peace a chance? Music can drive us apart as much as it unites

  • Written by: Samantha Dieckmann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Music, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, University of Melbourne
imageJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote Give Peace a Chance in a 'bed-in' in Montreal. Nationaal Archief/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

September 21 is International Day of Peace, the UN’s annual call for a global ceasefire. This year, in the lead-up, celebrities have curated a Peace Day Playlist available through streaming services. James Morrison, Yoko Ono,...

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  2. Explainer: what legal benefits do married couples have that de facto couples do not?
  3. What we can do once the banks give us back our data
  4. Australia relies on data from Earth observation satellites, but our access is high risk
  5. Sustainable cities? Australia's building and planning rules stand in the way of getting there
  6. Abbott's disruption is raising the question: where will it end?
  7. China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading – a sign of things to come
  8. First refugees to leave for the United States
  9. Bali's Mount Agung threatens to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years
  10. A cleanish energy target gets us nowhere
  11. Victoria gets serious on its political donations rules – now it's the federal government's turn
  12. New Zealand’s health service performs well, but inequities remain high
  13. Health Check: what's better for you, fresh, dried or frozen fruit?
  14. My favourite album: Hole's Live Through This
  15. Australia must sign the prohibition on nuclear weapons: here's why
  16. As Victorian MPs debate assisted dying, it is vital they examine the evidence, not just the rhetoric
  17. It may not be beautiful but the new ten dollar note is pretty secure
  18. Preventing Murray-Darling water theft: a space agency can help Australia manage federal resources
  19. Curious Kids: Why is the Earth round?
  20. Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
  21. Hurricane Irma nursing home deaths shows stark dilemma of whether to stay put or evacuate
  22. Fred Williams in the You Yangs: a turning point for Australian art
  23. Vietnam's typhoon disaster highlights the plight of its poorest people
  24. NDIS failing to catch children with late-onset difficulties
  25. A pirate site explores a new way of paying for the Internet that doesn't involve ads
  26. Artificial intelligence won't replace a doctor any time soon, but it can help with diagnosis
  27. Excluding Indigenous youth from schools may severely increase their risk of incarceration
  28. Book review: Abbott's Right
  29. Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees: really hard, but not impossible
  30. Speed plus control in new computer chip: slowing down light to sound
  31. How the media oversold standing desks as a fix for inactivity at work
  32. The prime ministership is not terminal – but it needs the right person for the times
  33. Australia's ‘big’ problem – what to do with our ageing super-sized statues?
  34. Airbnb and empty houses: who's responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
  35. Bike sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense
  36. Expect the unexpected from the big-data boom in radio astronomy
  37. Politics podcast: Judith Brett on The Enigmatic Mr Deakin
  38. How better data would improve the electricity market
  39. Gareth Sansom – Transformer: visual ambushes, black humour and naughty pleasures
  40. I've always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?
  41. Like alchemists with killer precision, brown snakes make different venoms across their lifetime
  42. New phonics test will do nothing to improve Australian children's literacy
  43. On marriage equality, Australia's progressive instincts have been crushed by political failure
  44. Male teachers are an endangered species in Australia: new research
  45. Most private patients are wasting money on costly rehab after major knee surgery
  46. A nation of convict cussers? Time for Australian law to embrace our potty mouths
  47. More than just drains: recreating living streams through the suburbs
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