The end of venom? Sydney scientists find new cure for flesh-eating snake bites
A bold new technique for finding antidotes for box jellyfish stings, vipers’ venom, and death cap mushrooms has emerged from a Sydney lab.
- by Angus Dalton
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‘People don’t want to talk’: The taboo ‘zombie’ problem in medical science
Bad science is affecting clinical guidelines, but now an Australian professor has a solution.
- by Angus Dalton
The ‘polar-powered storm’ bringing snow and bitter temperatures to NSW
The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania brings Antarctic winds and snow.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Angus Dalton
As it happened: Former US president Donald Trump injured in Pennsylvania shooting
The FBI has identified the shooter at Donald Trump’s campaign rally as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Crooks was shot dead.
- by Angus Dalton, Ashleigh McMillan and David Estcourt
The world’s toughest lion broke an epic record. Australians were filming
Jacob the lion has survived being mauled, trapped and gored. Now his life – charted by an Australian biologist – has a dramatic new chapter.
- by Angus Dalton
Why aren’t there any good medical treatments for a stroke?
As more young people experience the affliction which strikes at least 100 Australians a day, research into better medicines is getting held back.
- by Angus Dalton
Record-breaking weather system brings rain and freezing mornings
Rain in Sydney and record-breaking cold in Victoria is down to an abnormal anticyclone that could go down in history.
- by Angus Dalton
‘Incredible’ first-time footage reveals intimate life of blue whales
A decade-long Australian citizen science project has unveiled the extraordinary videos.
- by Angus Dalton
Inside the cave where Australians have uncovered the world’s oldest rock art
This extraordinary ancient image may be our oldest evidence of a story.
- by Angus Dalton
The platypus ‘hoax’ that tricked the world, but illuminated a different animal wonder
One viral specimen had platypus experts snatching up UV torches. They were sorely disappointed – but many other animals glow brilliantly after dark.
- by Angus Dalton
The weather forecast says one thing. But some mornings have literally felt freezing
There’s a problem with relying on the weather forecast if you’re using it to decide whether to wear a puffer jacket or not.
- by Angus Dalton