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Duck-like dinosaur found in Mongolia so 'peculiar' researchers thought it was fake
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With a bill like a duck but teeth like a crocodile, a swanlike neck and killer claws, a new dinosaur species uncovered by scientists looks like something Dr Seuss could have dreamed up.
Topics: fossils, science, science-and-technology, dinosaurs, mongolia
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Mortar in Holy Sepulchre backs up story of how emperor's mother found Jesus's tomb
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More than 1,700 years ago a builder in Jerusalem took his mortar trowel and installed a slab over what was believed to be the tomb of Jesus. Now scientists say analysis of that mortar backs up contemporary accounts of how the tomb was discovered.
Topics: history, science, archaeology, religion-and-beliefs, christianity, israel
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'Fascinating, except for the smell': Students learn from dissecting a dolphin
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Most students remember dissecting a frog in science class at school, but not everyone has witnessed a dolphin being carefully taken apart and examined.
Topics: animal-science, forensic-science, science-and-technology, science, marine-biology, animals, marine-parks, conservation, university-and-further-education, education, hobart-7000
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Music from plants? Not as unusual as it seems Video
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It's not quite Smells Like Teen Spirit or Octopus's Garden, but a plant lover's search for knowledge of plant based music is hitting all the right notes regardless.
Topics: music, environment, alternative-energy, science, wa, italy
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Gardener plugs in to CIA interrogation technique getting plants to sing
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The work of a CIA polygraph expert in the 1960s has led groups as diverse as an Italian commune and a WA gardener to wire-up their plants to get them to sing.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, science, religion-and-beliefs, quindalup-6281, italy, perth-6000, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: rural, science, schools, education, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, sa, millicent-5280
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Bush school embraces solar power as students build own panels
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A tiny bush school in South Australia hopes to become a model for sustainable living as students construct solar panels that attach to battery storage to power the school's fish farm.
Topics: education, subjects, science, millicent-5280, sa
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Topics: geology, science, earth-sciences
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A black-bean damper class image
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Topics: botany, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, science, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Topics: botany, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, science, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Botanist Maurizio Rosetto image
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Topics: botany, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, science, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Aboriginal people spread native plants by hand: study
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Bush-tucker plants were spread by hand across mountainous regions in New South Wales by Indigenous people, according to a new scientific theory published today.
Topics: indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-cooking, science, earth-sciences, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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DIY phone chargers plug Indigenous girls into maths and science
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A teacher in Western Australia's South West finds a way to boost the number of Indigenous girls studying maths and science by letting them design and build phone chargers.
Topics: mathematics, science, secondary-schools, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Schools battle it out to code the best replica Mars Rover
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A school from the New South Wales Hunter region has won the inaugural Mars Rover Challenge, a competition that pits students against each other on the coding field.
Topics: science-and-technology, science, education, newcastle-2300, east-maitland-2323, holmesville-2286
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Sheep can recognise images of Barack Obama and Emma Watson
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Sheep have been trained to recognise the faces of celebrities, including former US president Barack Obama, by scientists who hope it may help with understanding neurodegenerative diseases.
Topics: animals, science, animal-science, research, medical-research, offbeat, united-kingdom
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Uni students head back to high school to change the face of STEM
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A mentorship program in Victoria is taking university students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) back to high school in the hope that they will inspire school students to follow in their footsteps.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, university-and-further-education, science, mathematics-education, engineering, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, thomastown-3074, china
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A new species of damselfly was discovered during an expedition in Spring Creek about 20km from Lakeland in far north Queensland. image
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Topics: science, science-and-technology, animal-science, animals, human-interest, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, lakeland-4871
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A new species of damselfly has been discovered image
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Topics: science, science-and-technology, animal-science, animals, human-interest, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, lakeland-4871
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A new species of damselfly has been discovered in far north Queensland image
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Topics: science, science-and-technology, animal-science, animals, human-interest, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, lakeland-4871
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Queensland Museum entomologist Dr Chris Burwell made the exciting discovery image
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Topics: science, science-and-technology, animal-science, animals, human-interest, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, lakeland-4871
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A Big Country: Bush detectives look for clues Audio
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Students from the Capricornia School of Distance Education have been on a special science camp at the Carnarvon Station Reserve in Central Queensland, learning how to become bush detectives. Read more
Topics: distance-education, rural-youth, science, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, springsure-4722
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Scientist who predicts male sex chromosome is declining takes PM's prize
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A geneticist who uncovered how sex chromosomes work and a dental researcher who invented a substance to strengthen teeth are among this year's six recipients of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.
Topics: science-and-technology, science-awards, science, australia
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Australia's new icebreaker given Aboriginal name for southern lights
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Twelve school kids win a trip to Antarctica for naming Australia's new icebreaker nuyina, the Indigenous word for southern lights, becoming the first ever children to fly to the continent under the Australian Antarctic Program.
Topics: earth-sciences, science-and-technology, science, oceans-and-reefs, environment, antarctica, hobart-7000
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Topics: people, science, agricultural-crops, sugar, gordonvale-4865
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Budding astronauts encouraged to dream big in Adelaide
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With interest in space surging ahead of the International Astronautical Congress, NASA is spruiking its message to young scientists and students in Adelaide.
Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, science-and-technology, science, defence-and-aerospace-industries, sa, adelaide-5000
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