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Teenagers have more flexible brains than adults and find it easier to adapt to new technology. Image: VLADGRIN/Shutterstock

Teenage brains in the digital world

When it comes to technology, adults won’t be able to keep up with their children.

The Abel Tasman could start fishing for jack mackerel and redbait in Australian waters. Image: Shutterstock

Can Australia’s shores cope with a super trawler?

What do history and science tell us about the impacts of trawling.

Captivity and a vaccination may now be the only way to save this iconic animal. Image: Cloudia Newland/Shutterstock

Deadly devil disease is here to stay

The devil is apparently in the chromosomes.

Bananas, berries and chocolate are all examples of good-mood foods. Image: Gregory Gerber/Shutterstock

You are what you eat

Avoid the blues with certain food flavours.

The North African ostrich is the fastest running bird with a speed of 18 metres per second. Image: jo Crebbin/Shutterstock

Animals would trump Olympic athletes

If animals were allowed to compete in the Olympics, we wouldn’t really stand much of a chance.

Eye movements can reveal if you are remembering something. Image: Edyta Pawlowska/Shutterstock

Our eyes reveal more than we think

When you’re talking to someone, you might ask them to try and remember what they had for breakfast two days ago. As they think back, their eye movements will increase.

Artist rendition of the string theory. Image: R.T. Wohlstadter/Shutterstock

The power of string energy

Dr Henryk Frystaki talks about the universe, string theory and the GUT.  

Jumilah with one of her cubs. Image: Rick Stevens/Taronga

Zoos are looking for love online

Female tiger is seeking a mate. Must be genetically unrelated, calm, confident and not unduly aggressive. Preferably reared by his parents.

The clear conditions meant there was a surprising lack of fog. Image: Shutterstock

Why did the Titanic sink?

It wasn’t a single factor that sent Titanic to the bottom of the ocean, it was a chain of them.

Warning signs on Opal Fields near Coober Pedy in outback South Australia. Image: Ashley Whitworth/Shutterstock

There’s no canary in these mines

Australia is a country rich in minerals; there are literally billions of dollars beneath our feet — and we keep stepping on them because we simply don’t have the tools to reach them. Mining…

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