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Global agriculture study finds developing countries most threatened by invasive pest species

  • Written by Dean Paini, Research Scientist Invasive Species, CSIRO

As the world becomes more connected, invasive species are spreading further. While these species pose threats to our ecosystems, they arguably pose an even greater threat to our agriculture and food security.

Insect pests such as silverleaf whitefly, Asian gypsy moth, and Khapra beetle, are all ranked as major threats and can have significant and...

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Why so many Australian species are yet to be named

  • Written by David Yeates, Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Turns out that in Australia, you are probably closer than you think to hundreds or thousands of species that don’t have names. They are scientifically and culturally anonymous Australians.

If you live in a capital city, these unnamed Aussies are in your state or territory museum, and if you live in a regional area, they are living in your...

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Turnbull admits to critic of marriage plebiscite: 'you make a powerful point'

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageIn 2011 Malcolm Turnbull said federal Liberal Party members should be allowed to conduct a conscience vote on the issue of same-sex marriage.Julian Smith/AAP

Malcolm Turnbull has defended sticking to a same-sex marriage plebiscite he opposed by saying cabinet government requires compromise and the public likes the idea.

During Turnbull’s...

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Juno is about to peer under the clouds of Jupiter

  • Written by Helen Maynard-Casely, Instrument Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
imageJupiter, as seen from my garden in Sydney. The spacecraft Juno will soon be getting a closer view. Andy Casley, CC BY-NC

You’ve all heard the Planets Suite, right? Seven classical pieces that Gustav Holst used to ‘describe’ each of the known planets.

I’ve always found the Jupiter piece a bit odd – the beginning is a...

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  1. Liberals shielding minister Sussan Ley from debate about health
  2. Response from Labor spokesperson
  3. Election FactCheck Q A: does the government spend more on negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts than on child care or higher education?
  4. Little difference between Labor and the Coalition's jobs programs for young people
  5. Eddie McGuire, Caroline Wilson and when 'playful banter' goes very, very wrong
  6. Here’s looking at: Edgar Degas’ Woman seated on the edge of the bath sponging her neck
  7. Health Check: what is the common cold and how do we get it?
  8. Lessons from the Depression era in how to lose government in a single term
  9. Large growth in student numbers is threatening sustainability of university system
  10. The off-topic Conversation #98
  11. Coalition leads in ReachTEL, but not in other polls
  12. Election explainer: how does the Senate count work?
  13. To Elle and Back: Reviewing the reviewers
  14. What sort of Reserve Bank governor will Philip Lowe be?
  15. Major parties are behind the times – and strangely silent – on social policy
  16. The growing cost of internships could add to inequality
  17. A fanfare of failures: why celebrate Florence Foster Jenkins and Eddie the Eagle?
  18. Science or snake oil: is Garcinia cambogia the magic weight-loss pill it's hyped up to be?
  19. Catholic church starts small but is clearly thinking big on fossil fuel divestment
  20. UFOs, climate change and missing airliners: how to separate fact from fiction
  21. Shorten seeks to keep alive hope of a Labor win
  22. Bill Shorten's campaign pitch: don't risk Medicare under the Liberals
  23. On track for the Rio Olympics? IAAF ban means Russian athletes may not compete
  24. In the world's biggest city, the past offers lessons for surviving the future
  25. Shorten plays Facebook game, telling people to hit Like
  26. ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, May 2016
  27. A new normal, as Basslink finally resumes
  28. Cattle 'sledgehammering' in Vietnam raises yet more questions over live export
  29. From the Queen of Sheba to Jeffrey Smart: how art shaped Bruce Beresford
  30. The problem with reinforced concrete
  31. Spiny crayfish and their flatworm friends: an ancient partnership revealed
  32. Uncapping of university places achieved what it set out to do. So why is it dubbed a policy failure?
  33. Vital Signs: an election in Australia, a key poll in the UK, all lead to uncertainty
  34. Both parties to launch in western Sydney, the symbolic heartland of uncommitted but powerful voters
  35. Coffee won't give you cancer, unless it's very very hot, then it might
  36. Did snakes evolve from ancient sea serpents?
  37. Brexit: lessons and implications for Australia
  38. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the slow campaign
  39. Uncapping of university places has not failed disadvantaged students
  40. Budget transparency missing from the West's plan for Iraq
  41. State of the states: how local politics in the Northern Territory could muddy the federal vote
  42. 700,000 Palmer United Party votes up for grabs: who'll win them this time?
  43. How the Property Council is shaping the debate around negative gearing, taxes
  44. What evidence is there that internships secure employment?
  45. State of the states: why Labor's fortunes are on the rise in Western Australia
  46. Friday essay: The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
  47. Personalised medicine has obvious benefits but has anyone thought about the issues?
  48. Infographic: The state of coal
  49. Will climate and emissions targets really curb China’s coal consumption? Only time will tell
  50. Apple iOS 10 v Google Android: which is leading the way?
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