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90% Of Australians Accept Human Impact On Climate Change

Research has found that 90 percent of Australians accept human causal impact on climate change and are taking adaptive action.

Features

Australia: Big Tobacco Crashes At First Legal Hurdle On Plain Packaging

On August 15, Australia’s High Court dismissed the plain tobacco packaging case brought against the Australian government by the world’s largest tobacco companies.

Academia

Bangladeshi Innovators Scoop US Technology Award

An innovative building material from Bangladesh that could be used to construct cheap shelters has won the top prize in an innovation competition.

In the Lab

Researchers Develop Autonomous Robot That Moves Like An Earthworm

Researchers at MIT, Harvard University, and Seoul National University have engineered a soft autonomous robot that moves much like an earthworm.

Health

Pakistan To Vaccinate Under-15 Children At Af-Pak Checkpoints

The Pakistani government has devised a new strategy for the campaign against polio by establishing vaccination kiosks at all security checkpoints in tribal and far-off areas.

Academia

Uncovering The World’s ‘Unseen’ Science

To make science truly useful to development, we need a new, inclusive system of tracking publications, says S&T policy expert Caroline Wagner.

In the Lab

The Yin And Yang Of Blood Stem Cells: How The Wnt Signal Controls Growth

Researchers have identified an important molecular cue that stops blood stem cells from proliferating when their services are not needed.

Academia

The Academic Jungle: Why Women Are Driven Out Of Research

Researchers in Australia have applied principles from ecological research to explain why women are being driven out of academia.

Academia

OPINION: Learning How To Be A Global Citizen

Part of being a global citizen is recognizing the perspective of others, writes Professor Wai Fong Chua, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Students) at the University of New South Wales.

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