Carrot vodka? It’s worth a shot
Carrots are a versatile vegetable, perfect with a roast, great in a cake and ideal for sticking into dips. But who knew they
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The lowdown on Perth bat caring
The recent media fame of laid-back Stanley the bat led us to be curious about how common bats are around Perth. So we
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Planning vital for ethical bush tucker
Lemon myrtle, bush tomatoes, sandalwood and wattleseed. These are all native Australian plants, but have you used them in your cooking? These examples
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Fishers capture underwater world for science
The fishing community are becoming scientists by filming under the waves while fishing over reefs. Recfishwest’s citizen science project Reef Vision is giving
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Birds beat the bees to prove that bigger is better
Size does matter—well, for the red and green kangaroo paw at least. PhD student Bronwyn Ayre has found that birds are much better
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Driverless shuttlebus undergoes trial in South Perth
NO LONGER science fiction, Australia’s first fully driverless, electric shuttlebus—the RAC Intellibus™—has begun trials along the South Perth foreshore. The RAC Intellibus™ is
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Gene involved brain development and intellectual disability identified
INVESTIGATING the genetics of Down Syndrome has led WA researchers to find a new gene responsible for brain development and intellectual disability. Down
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Rakali study fills in knowledge gaps
SCIENTISTS are filling in the gaps about Western Australia’s only freshwater aquatic mammal—the rakali, or native water rat, that colonised Australia over three
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Using VR to explore the inner world of a plant cell
newly-launched Virtual Plant Cell is a phone app that allows users to explore and interact with the microscopic inner world of a plant
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New spider crab named 50 years after its discovery
A NEW species of spider crab has been named, more than 50 years after the first specimen was lodged at the Western Australian
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