What fuelled Australia’s ‘Black Summer’ fires?
Scientists highlight links to climate change, call for more research.
Talking about death and dying
A new online course breathes life into a taboo topic.
Cats versus quolls
Why feral felines are a greater threat to native wildlife.
Do facial expressions transcend culture?
Study supports similarities in how we show emotion.
Would you hallucinate for science?
Researchers could induce illusions on demand.
Building memory in the early years
Brain and behaviour influence each other, study suggests.
Humans have dogs, fish have shrimp
We may not be only species to domesticate others.
Tropical birds evolved slowly
Are biodiversity hotspots ‘coldspots’ for new species?
We’ve made more than the Earth has grown
Anthropogenic mass now exceeds living biomass, study finds.
Shining a light on ecosystem services
Study highlights benefits, declines and ways forward.
A three-step process for resolving paper disputes
How early career researchers with multiple supervisors can take control of their work.
Making sense of our words
How brains respond to the factual and the possible.
I heard a scream, what did it mean?
Possibly not the obvious, study suggests. It’s about context.
Using forests to fight global warming
Analysis offers direction for policy and resource priorities.
Honeybees have unique personalities, like us
Being an individual is good for the whole.
Talk back to babies to help them learn
It’s the quality of chat that counts, not the quantity.
Reaping high-tech rewards
German scientists have developed a free smartphone crop advisory app.
There’s more than one way to grow a beak
Madagascar fossil adds new twist to bird evolution.
Ants with armour
Biominerals provide a unique level of protection.
Social connection is something we crave
The brain has similar responses to isolation and fasting.
A glimmer of hope on vertebrate biodiversity
You have to look at the numbers differently, researchers say.
