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By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
A new mission to save NASA’s Swift observatory shows why catching a satellite that was never designed for rescue is one of the hardest jobs in spaceflight.
Anthony Albanese will announce on Thursday the extension of the Prac Payment system in a speech given to Labor’s national conference
If we want to be reminded what real damage to a science system looks like, we only need to glance across the Atlantic.
A new study has found that layers in the rock record days, not years, representing storms.
Enzyme proteins can be bred and trained to digest plastics rather than their natural substrates.
If his impressive academic record is any measure, Andrew Charlton might lay claim to one of the highest IQs in the parliamentary Labor party. Now, with his central role in the government’s AI policy, he’s…
By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji’s universities have been criticised for failing to study the long-term effects of the country’s repeated political upheavals on the public service and governance, with the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing that a major gap in research has left important national lessons undocumented. Academic Professor Vijay Naidu told the
In a survey of more than 600 employers, one theme kept coming up: Despite AI, soft skills and the ability to learn still set successful job candidates apart.
A bill now being considered in the Senate would make daylight saving time permanent, but research suggests moving to standard time would bring more benefits.
Québec’s Bill 9 demands the public sphere be free of visible religion, even when expressions of religion take are obligations its adherents cannot set aside.
Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear anthropologist April Nowell explain the origins of language.