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A shoe nail between the gateway paving stones. Photo/©: Sabine Hornung, Arno Braun

Ancient Roman fortification discovered in Germany

It wasn’t only Asterix who resisted the Roman conquest of Gaul.

Professor Simon Cox and his Lego-expert son, James, with the Iridis-Pi supercomputer made from Raspberry Pi and Lego. Image: Simon Cox

Making a supercomputer with Lego blocks and Raspberry Pi

Father and son developed a step-by-step guide on how to make your own supercomputer.

The first documented image of a redback spider-hunting wasp with its paralysed prey. Image: Florian and Peter Irwin.

Australian wasp becomes arachnophobe’s hero

The notorious redback spider has a predator of its own.

Mustard plants produces glucosinolate to repel specific bugs. Image: Shutterstock

Nature’s spicy insect repellent

Mustard plants have developed a defense mechanism against insects.

Myotis muricola from Kuningan, West Java. Otherwise known as the wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, it is a species of vesper bat. Image: Universiti Putra Malaysia

New bat species found in Malaysia

Misclassification of species suggests that there is need for a revision of the taxonomic status of muricola bats.

Human heart

This is how a heart becomes a heart

A “synchronised dance” of thousands of genes generates a healthy heart, but one faux pas may result in congenital heart defects.

Some of the blueberries spotted by Opportunity, 200 metres north of Victoria Crater. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/U.S. Geological Survey

“Blueberries” could be key to Martian life

It’s unlikely that anything still lives on Mars today, but anything that was around millions or even billions of years ago might have left a few traces behind.

Sea otters play an important role in reducing C02 emissions. Image: Shutterstock

Urchin-loving otters fight global warming

Hearty appetite allows kelp forests to thrive and absorb carbon dioxide.

Good tonal qualities are essential for any violin. Image: Anton Balazh/Shutterstock

Fungi treatment produces Stradivarius-worthy sounds

A bit of fungi and a modern violin can sound like a Stradivarius.

The electric Hyundai Getz could become a more common feature on Australian roads. Image: The REV project

Electric infrastructure installed in Perth

Australia’s first electric car recharge network has been built in Perth.

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