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4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet

  • Written by: Adele Pentland, PhD candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
4-metre flying reptile unearthed in Queensland is our best pterosaur fossil yet_Ferrodraco lentoni_, Australia's newest prehistoric species.Travis R. Tischler, Author provided

The most significant pterosaur fossil ever discovered in Australia has been unearthed in the Winton area of central western Queensland.

The newly discovered species, which my colleagues and I have named Ferrodraco lentoni, had a wingspan of about 4...

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New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the land

  • Written by: Ted Lefroy, Associate Head Research, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania
New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the landAborigines Using Fire to Hunt Kangaroos, by Joseph Lycett. New research suggests the assumption Aboriginal people lived in open vegetation sustained by fire is misplaced.National Library of Australia

American farmer and poet Wendell Berry said of the first Europeans in North America that they came with vision, but not with sight. They came with...

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How the impeachment inquiry might affect Trump's 2020 re-election chances

  • Written by: Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
How the impeachment inquiry might affect Trump's 2020 re-election chancesAs the impeachment inquiry gathers pace in the US, Donald Trump is likely to keep doubling down on his opponents.AAP/EPA/Chris Kleponis

The next 13 months will see American politics completely dominated by the fate of Donald Trump. As the House of Representatives moves towards impeaching him, leading to a hearing which then moves to the Senate, the...

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how human eggs went from simple cells to a valuable commodity

  • Written by: Catherine Waldby, Professor and Director, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
how human eggs went from simple cells to a valuable commodityIVF and the businesses that spring up alongside it are part of a multi-billion dollar global market for fertility treatments.from www.shutterstock.com

This is one of our occasional Essays in Health. It’s a long read. Enjoy!

I think they collected […] maybe, six eggs. I think we got four embryos out of that […] One was transferred...

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  1. Simone Biles' athleticism and advocacy have changed gymnastics forever
  2. Global bank urges cities to invest in new infrastructure to adapt to climate change
  3. yes, house prices will rise with lower interest rates, but that's not the only effect
  4. Scott Morrison warns against 'negative globalism'
  5. Jackie Lambie should not horse trade on medevac repeal bill
  6. Yes, we still need to cut down on red and processed meat
  7. ACT's new animal sentience law recognises an animal's psychological pain and pleasure, and may lead to better protections
  8. Australia's biggest property companies are making net-zero emissions pledges – now we can track them
  9. The vegans are coming! What's fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?
  10. Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable
  11. Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research
  12. If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica's melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries
  13. How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids
  14. composition for video gaming draws on tradition and tech
  15. Australia isn't taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough
  16. When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last
  17. Making our cities more accessible for people with disability is easier than we think
  18. Here's what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn't fall in
  19. Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it's right
  20. Tim Watts on Australia's changing identity
  21. ranitidine, the heartburn medicine being recalled because of cancer-causing contamination
  22. can controversial athletes sell a sport or are they bad for the business?
  23. the rise and fall of an Australian advertising empire
  24. Australia's digital competitiveness is slipping. Here's how we can catch up
  25. What's made of legumes but sizzles on the barbie like beef? Australia's new meat alternative
  26. How China is legally recognising same-sex couples, but not empowering them
  27. Australia's quest for national security is undermining the courts and could lead to secretive trials
  28. Paul Hogan and the myth of the white Aussie bloke
  29. Does your mental state affect recovery from illness and disease? We asked five experts
  30. politicians use it to discredit media, and journalists need to fight back
  31. China's military might is much closer to the US than you probably think
  32. what each of us can do to reduce our carbon footprint
  33. Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat
  34. The UK Labour Party wants to abolish private schools – could we do that in Australia?
  35. Another Australian PM finds a phone call with Trump can land you on the sticky paper
  36. 0.75% is a record low, but don't think for a second the Reserve Bank has finished cutting the cash rate
  37. control of the global computer-chip industry
  38. Is there such thing as an addictive personality?
  39. experimental Australian films as poetic diary entries
  40. Winter storms are speeding up the loss of Arctic sea ice
  41. how do scientists know evolution is real?
  42. Tens of thousands of tuna-attracting devices are drifting around the Pacific
  43. Fiji’s ancient hill forts and what we can learn from them
  44. Gonski’s vision of 'personalised learning' will stifle creativity and lead to a generation of automatons
  45. a plan to solve our shortage of cemetery space
  46. With no end in sight and the world losing interest, the Hong Kong protesters need a new script
  47. 1 in 3 young adults are lonely – and it affects their mental health
  48. Any prosecution of journalists for national security offences to require attorney-general's approval
  49. The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go
  50. which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?

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