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Donna Lu “Platypus and fish are all shedding DNA into the water – it can be skin cells, hair cells, scales,” says ecologist Josh Griffiths. “A lot of it is actually urine and faeces – which, next time you’re swimming in the river, is probably not a great picture.” There are a few chuckles from the dozen or so members of the Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group, who have joined Griffiths at a park in Ballan, a town in Victoria, Australia, located 78 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. Griffiths works for EnviroDNA, a … Continue reading Subscribe now for unlimited ...

Linda Siagian Degradation of ancient rock art in Indonesia may be accelerating due to climate change. The Maros-Pangkep karst, a cave complex in Indonesia, contains Palaeolithic paintings that are between 20,000 and 45,000 years old, including one of the oldest known hand stencils in the world. Anecdotal reports in recent decades suggest that the paintings have been degrading at an accelerated rate. To investigate, Jillian Huntley at Griffith University in Australia and her colleagues analysed flakes of rock at 11 cave sites in Maros-Pangkep. Advertisement They found a high level of sulphur i...

Morphing Matter Lab. Carnegie Mellon University Flat-pack furniture is commonplace, and flat-pack pasta might be one day too. Wen Wang of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and her colleagues have developed edible 2D pasta that swells into 3D shapes when cooked, such as long spirals resembling fusilli and saddle shapes similar to conchiglie. Advertisement The researchers believe that flat-pack dry pasta could drastically reduce the amount of packaging required for the foodstuff, as well as saving on storage and transportation space. For example, when macaroni is packaged, around 60 pe...

As some parts of Australia see a delayed surge of respiratory disease in children, there are concerns that young immune systems may be suffering from lockdowns and social distancing