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Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2019 announced

08 Nov 2019

Melissa Fyfe has won the 2019 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing with ‘Getting Cliterate’, originally published in the Good Weekend, which celebrates the clitoris and the Australian scientist who almost single-handedly shed light on the anatomy and physiology of the female sex organ.

Should you worry about Boeing 737s? Only if you run an airline

06 Nov 2019

Qantas has faced calls to ground its entire fleet of Boeing 737s after cracks were found in three aircraft. But the incident is a threat to airlines' reputations rather than a real risk to passengers.

How the Mountain Pygmy Possum can be saved

04 Nov 2019

The critically endangered mountain pygmy-possum could have its survival chances boosted if scientists succeed in moving the tiny animal from its alpine habitat to a warmer, lowland forest environment, a UNSW Sydney study suggests.

How the mountain pygmy-possum can be saved from climate change

04 Nov 2019

Palaeontologists look to the fossil record to come up with a new strategy to save the endangered mountain pygmy-possum from becoming a climate change casualty.

Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let's not put them in charge of the real thing

01 Nov 2019

StarCraft II is the latest complex game to be conquered by artificial intelligence. But if robots now reign supreme at virtual war, where does that leave us when it comes to real conflict?

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It’s not ‘wild dog’ management – we are just killing dingoes

01 Nov 2019

Dingo or just wild dog? A new study busts the misconception that pure dingoes are extinct in NSW – and finds several ‘dingo hotspots’ around the state.

Career in energy industry takes Chee Mun full circle around the sun

30 Oct 2019

Chee Mun Chong left UNSW holding an efficiency record for solar cells that was still standing when he returned as an academic 20 years later.

Chemical engineer Professor Rose Amal named 2019 NSW Scientist of the Year

30 Oct 2019

UNSW researchers have taken out five NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering for works spanning from ecosystem conservation to pancreatic cancer treatment.

The homeland of modern humans

29 Oct 2019

A landmark study pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa and suggests how past climate shifts drove their first migration.

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STEMM Mythbusters: Does rubber protect you from electric shock?

28 Oct 2019

Associate Professor Jayashri Ravishankar, from UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, explains if rubber shoes and gloves really protect you from electric shock.

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