Science
Ordinary weather is now extraordinary, as Sydney braces for more rain
Australia has always experienced swings between hot, dry weather and heavy rain, but this is now amplified.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Quantum Computing
Confused by the quantum computing race? It’s just like the Oscars
The government just bet $1 billion on one kind of quantum. But there are many other contenders in the race for the golden gong.
- by Angus Dalton
The devastating animal pandemic of ‘enormous concern’ to human health
The outbreak has killed millions of birds and half a billion poultry. Increasing cases in mammals – from cattle to polar bears – has WHO worried.
- by Angus Dalton
Wild first aid: Orangutan applies medicinal plant to treat facial wound
Animals have been known to eat certain plants to alleviate stomach discomfort, but scientists had never seen one apply a makeshift bandage to heal a wound before.
- by Christina Larson
Analysis
Quantum Computing
Y2K was a flop. But Q-Day could really screw us over
Quantum computing accelerated on Tuesday with a $1 billion injection of government funding. But the rise of the tech poses a key threat to the way we live.
- by Angus Dalton
Opinion
Quantum Computing
The next industrial revolution is here, and it’s ‘spooky’ according to Einstein
The world’s most powerful nations and many of the biggest companies are racing to establish themselves as leaders in a computer technology of unimaginable potency
- by Peter Hartcher
In an undiscovered cave, Josh came face-to-face with a human-sized skull
One of Australia’s most complete fossils to date has emerged from a labyrinth in regional Victoria.
- by Angus Dalton
Explainer
Explainers
Trees have biological clocks too. Here’s how their leaves change colour
A red-golden carpet is unfurling across the more temperate corners of our continent. Here’s what trees – and ‘leaf peepers’ – do in autumn.
- by Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
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Marine life
‘Pointless killing’: Tangled dolphin at Bondi dies days before shark net removal
A dolphin that died off Bondi Beach has become an unintended victim of this season’s shark net program.
- by Angus Dalton
Analysis
Space
Australia has a new astronaut. But what would it take to get her to space?
Katherine Bennell-Pegg, who has graduated from the European Space Agency, is the first person to train as an astronaut under the Australian flag.
- by Angus Dalton
‘Bouncers thought I was drunk’: What it’s like to live with narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is known as a condition that causes someone to instantly fall asleep, but for sufferers, the impacts are much more varied, and dangerous.
- by Mary Ward