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ScienceCoral smell indicates reef health: study

In the Great Barrier Reef heat stress reduces the diversity of corals' gas emissions, which might also suppress their ability to cope with high temperatures.

Hannah Ryan

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‘No evidence’ to support increased focus on STEM skills

The national focus on improving Australian students’ STEM skills could lead to more people graduating with degrees they may never use, a Curtin University labour market expert has warned.

Bethany Hiatt

SWEET NEWSCommentsPremiumHoney, I’ve grown! Good news for WA bee industry

WA’s $50 million honey bee industry could get a serious boost from Curtin University research that could allow beekeepers to predict good and bad seasons.

Kate Emery

CLIMATE CHANGEPremiumAussie weather warning: Hot days ‘triple in 20yrs’

Australia’s climate has gotten extremely hot extremely quickly, according to a new report – and there are warnings about what we should expect next.

David Mills

ShockwaveFireball creates huge sonic boom over regional WA

A fireball and massive sonic boom has created shock waves across country WA, with locals saying it sounded like ‘a meth lab blew up’. Experts have credited a piece of asteroid hitting the atmosphere.

Sarah Steger

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STEM awards point to an exciting future

Today The West Australian celebrates a scientist and a teacher who are leading the charge on innovation and enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

prestigious honourPremiumUWA scientist’s waves of success wins $250k PM’s prize

A physicist from the University of WA has taken home the country’s richest and most prestigious science honour, the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

PM’s science awardPremium‘Passionate’ Perth teacher wins top science award

Willetton Senior High School teacher Darren Hamley says he wants students to ‘burst through the door and say ‘you wouldn’t believe what I did at school today’.’

Bethany Hiatt

Breath of fresh airCommentsPremiumFamily’s smog struggle inspired WA climate activist

Experiencing Beijing’s choking smog as a seven-year-old had such a big impact on Curtin University student Tiffany Verga that it helped shape her career choices 15 years later.

Bethany Hiatt

Scary scienceCommentsPremium‘Dracula’ creepy-crawlies discovered in Pilbara

WA researchers have discovered 13 spooky new arachnid species in the Pilbara, just in time for Halloween.

Ben O'Shea

Change is herePremiumCurtin researchers lead vital research charge

In what was a bumper year for Curtin University, four scientists will be recognised at this year’s WA Young Tall Poppy Science awards for her efforts to help change the world for the better.

Bethany Hiatt

EXCLUSIVEPremiumLove is in the genes, science says

New research shows some people have a genetic predisposition towards better relationships - but there’s good news even for those of us who don’t carry the gene in question.

David Mills

Evolution in actionVideoCommentsModern babies being born without wisdom teeth

Scientists at Flinders University in Adelaide have discovered that people are undergoing a micro-evolution including babies being born without wisdom teeth as human jaws continue to shrink.

Benjamin Cooper

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The DNA man who made a difference in trial of century

The pioneering scientist whose team found the DNA of Bradley Edwards on Ciara Glennon says the gratitude of her father Denis was an emotional climax to his central role in WA’s trial of the century.

Tim Clarke

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Science awards a way to help inspire kids into STEM

It is work such as that honoured by the Premier’s Science Awards that can encourage kids to go down a path of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and be the next generation of scientists.

Premier’s Science AwardsCommentsPremiumWA’s top researchers share Scientist of the Year award

An astrophysicist striving to solve problems as wide as the universe and a pioneer in the study of life’s smallest building blocks are this year’s joint winners of WA’s most prestigious science award.

Bethany Hiatt

Shock surveyVideoCommentsPremiumOne in ten Aussies say: ‘I don’t want COVID-19 vaccine’

As the world waits for a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19, new polling has revealed how many of us will utilise it and who we think should be prioritised once it becomes available.

Sarah Ison

SPACE RACEPremiumChina’s Australian space operations secured for further 10 years

A plan to turn the lights off on China’s space exploration race efforts has backfired for a Swedish company, and landed Australia in the middle of the growing geopolitical tensions.

Charles Miranda

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Lockdown, handwashing see ‘fewer early births’

In a pioneering new Australian study, Perth researchers will analyse rates of early preterm birth across the country following reports of drops of up to 90 per cent in other countries during lockdown.

Angela Pownall

Virus fightCommentsPremiumFeds pump $6m into three more Australian COVID trials

The funding will be shared between two Australian universities and comes after the Government penned a $1.7 billion agreement with for the supply and production of more than 80 million vaccine doses.

Sarah Ison

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$1 million for major WA project to fight deadly disease

A Perth researcher has secured a $1 million grant from Neale Daniher’s FightMND campaign to develop a pioneering new genetic technology to treat deadly motor neurone disease.

Angela Pownall

Lift offPremiumFrom the outback to the edge of space, SA about to make history

A rocket is about to be launched from the South Australian outback to the edge of space, in a historic first for the state’s space sector.

Claire Bickers

Exciting signsVideoCommentsPremiumSigns of life on Venus discovered

Researchers from Melbourne’s Swinburne University have discovered an exciting hint that Venus might host life — phosphine gas (PH3).

Charlotte Elton

BLACK HOLESPremiumAdelaide Uni shares thrill of ‘impossible’ discovery

Researchers in SA are basking in the “thrill of discovery” after joining a global effort to witness a massive intergalactic collision which could help us understand how galaxies are born.

Clare Peddie

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