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 Life & Environment Scientists find the secret to swatting fliesFriday, 29 August 2008
Using high-speed video footage, bioengineers have discovered the key to the evasive manoeuvrability of flies – and found the best strategy for swatting them.  Most plants are left-handed, study saysFriday, 29 August 2008
Over 90 per cent of vines twist anti-clockwise, according to a massive Australian study of plants in 75 locations from Zambia to Patagonia.  Cows line up to Earth's magnetic fieldWednesday, 27 August 2008
Wondering which way is north? You might want to look at grazing cows.  Parthenon yields clues to quake-proof designMonday, 25 August 2008
Japanese scientists will next month look into seismic resistance secrets in the design of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon which has withstood scores of quakes.  GM plants detect landmines and turn redFriday, 22 August 2008
Genetically-modified plants that turn red when they grow in the presence of explosives are being trailed for their effectiveness to detect landmines.  Mammals emit smell to signal dangerFriday, 22 August 2008
A new study proves that mammals can communicate danger to each other through smell, and reveals exactly how they do it.  Birds can't keep up with climate changeThursday, 21 August 2008
The habitats of wild bird species are shifting in response to global warming, but not fast enough to keep pace with rising temperatures, according to a study.  'Oscars' of science honour Australia's top scientistsWednesday, 20 August 2008
A Sydney-based scientist with a new hypothesis on human obesity, based on his research into swarming locusts, has taken one of the top prizes at this year’s Eureka Awards  Simple rules smooth traffic on ant highwaysThursday, 14 August 2008
Biologists are learning that ants have an increasingly large number of inbuilt rules which govern their behaviour on foraging trails, and which could offer clues to better control human crowds.  Seals offer glimpse under Antarctic iceWednesday, 13 August 2008
Huge elephant seals have been recruited to help Australian scientists break through a critical blind spot and chart climate change under the Antarctic sea ice in winter.  Tasmanian fossils finger humans in extinction whodunitTuesday, 12 August 2008
The fossilised teeth of a giant kangaroo from Tasmania may confirm once and for all that humans, and not climate change, pushed Australia's large prehistoric marsupials to extinction.  Kangaroo meat: much better for environmentMonday, 11 August 2008
Skippy could be increasingly on the menu following a new report that expanding the kangaroo industry would significantly cut Australian greenhouse gases.  Deep mystery: why turtles plumb the depthsFriday, 8 August 2008
Biologists have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving.  Australian trees have secret stash of carbonThursday, 7 August 2008
Australia's native forests may be storing three times more carbon than previously thought, a new report says.  'Air-purifying' concrete sucks up pollutionThursday, 7 August 2008
A road in a small Dutch town is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a new method to fight exhaust pollution. 
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