Science Unmasked
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Science Unmasked
Can Pumping Groundwater Really Flip Earth’s Poles? An Expert Explains
by Troy OakesA government minister in the Northern Territory, spruiking a plan to make Darwin “the datacentre capital of the …
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Science Unmasked
Tiny Crystals From the 17th-Century Batavia Shipwreck Hold Secrets of a Global Supply Chain at the Dawn of Capitalism
by Troy OakesFew episodes occupy a darker place in maritime history than the wreck of the Batavia. Wrecked off the …
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Microscopic Plant Remains Reveal 25,000 Years of GunaiKurnai Rituals Deep in a Victorian Cave
by Troy OakesDeeply etched into a cliff face in GunaiKurnai Country, near the township of Buchan in East Gippsland in …
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80-Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Sheds Light on Why Lizards Lost Their Limbs and Started Slithering
by Troy OakesSnakes are everywhere in our legends and mythology. Yet for most of us, our blood runs cold whenever …
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‘Like Someone Whacking a Piñata’: Orcas Explode Sunfish by Ramming Them at High Speed
by Troy OakesAn adult orca cruises near the surface of the clear, blue water, holding a large sunfish carcass in …
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Australia’s Most Diverse Marsupial Predators Have Been Hiding Their Origins for Millions of Years
by Troy OakesWhen you think of carnivorous marsupials, you probably picture the Tasmanian devil or perhaps a spotted-tailed quoll. But …
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Aboriginal People Harvested This Native Grass for Millennia. Scientists Have Now Found an Odd Trait in Its DNA
by Troy OakesSeen from the air, Channel Country resembles a vibrant and vast tapestry, with a network of waterways crisscrossing …
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Warrior Princesses of Ancient Egypt? Skeletons Show Women Used the Weapons Buried With Them
by Troy OakesIn the opening scene of the 2001 blockbuster film The Mummy Returns, two women of Egypt’s royal court …
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Science Unmasked
3.1 Billion-Year-Old Rocks in Australia Reveal a Forgotten Chapter of Earth’s Water Cycle
by Troy OakesIn the 45°C heat of the midday April sun, I swing my sledgehammer into the terracotta-varnished lobes of …