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Laura Boness

Polar bears are much older than we thought

Polar bears have actually been around for five times longer than previous studies suggested.

Blood test for teenage depression

Your blood can tell a doctor if you’re depressed.

Baby Weedy Seadragons

Sydney Aquarium’s four baby Weedy Seadragons made their debut this week.

I will survive

Devil Ark is a new initiative that might save the Tasmanian devil. Will they get rid of the infamous DFTD? Will they stop extinction?

Fit frogs have fast changing genomes

Frog fitness tests reveals whose genomes change faster.

Cells among the pigeons

Scientists still don’t know how pigeons find their way home.

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.

Red giants’ weight loss trick

These old stars don’t need diets, they use stellar winds to lose weight instead.

Black flies exist for a reason

These irritating creatures could be the key to preventing the diseases they spread.

Sounds from outer space

Humans would sound like bass Smurfs if they travelled to Venus.

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