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13 February 2026

"Returning the Gift": The ethics of repatriating Indigenous blood samples

New Zealand University of Auckland Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online
13 February 2026

Psychosocial safety under pressure across university sector

Australia; SA Adelaide University
12 February 2026

Twilight fish study reveals unique hybrid eye cells

Australia; International; QLD The University of Queensland,Queensland Brain Institute Science Advances
12 February 2026

Bird poop powered the rise of the Chincha Kingdom

Australia; International; NSW The University of Sydney PLOS One
11 February 2026

Flagship whales facing climate-driven decline in Australia

Australia; International; SA; WA Flinders University,Curtin University,Current Environmental, University of Pretoria, University of Western Australia, Southwest Fisheries Science Centre (USA), WA Museum, SA Museum, DEW and Yalata Anangu Community Scientific Reports
10 February 2026

A little protein with a big role in building Earth’s carbon fixing machinery

Australia; International; NSW; ACT The University of Newcastle,Australian Research Council (ARC),The Australian National University,Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (Germany),ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology Nature Plants
10 February 2026

The writing is on the wall — Are kids ditching pens for keyboards?

Australia; NSW; WA; ACT Edith Cowan University,Murdoch University,University of Canberra,The University of Newcastle Reading and Writing An Interdisciplinary Journal
10 February 2026

Bin chicken's mysterious ancestor in Hawaii

Australia; Pacific; International; SA Flinders University,University of Lethbridge (Canada) Integrative and Comparative Biology
10 February 2026

Silent witnesses: Dogs and cats wag a fur-ensic tale

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,La Trobe University Forensic Science International
10 February 2026

Why do some kids struggle with maths? It might be about more than just numbers

International Stanford University School of Medicine, USA JNeurosci
6 February 2026

Baby beat drops: We're born with a sense of rhythm

International Italian Institute of Technology, Italy PLOS Biology
5 February 2026

Youth among targets of gambling addiction intervention drive

Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA; NT; ACT Flinders University Journal of Behavioral Addictions
5 February 2026

A mint idea becomes a game changer for medical devices

Australia; VIC; SA Flinders University,RMIT University Small
5 February 2026

Stress hormones may explain why your dog is acting out

International Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea PLOS One
4 February 2026

Silky skills: Australian spider rewrites the rules of web design

Australia; NSW Macquarie University PNAS
4 February 2026

Playful teasing may help great apes establish social boundaries

International Indiana University, USA Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
4 February 2026

How mindfulness can support GenAI use in transforming project management

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University,Curtin University International Journal of Project Management
4 February 2026

Could AI help students feel better about learning maths?

Australia; SA Adelaide University njp science of learning
3 February 2026

Missing pieces added to ancient global fish puzzle

Australia; International; SA; ACT Flinders University,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Canadian Journal of Zoology
3 February 2026

Passerine birds' hidden survival tactic revealed

Australia; NSW Western Sydney University Current Biology
2 February 2026

Brisbane dinosaur fossil is Australia’s oldest

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Alcheringa
30 January 2026

Shining a light on sustainable new polymers – that can be reused

Australia; VIC; SA; TAS Flinders University,University of Tasmania,Deakin University Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
30 January 2026

Solving the mystery of why termite kings and queens are monogamous

Australia; NSW The University of Sydney Science
29 January 2026

Teaching kids critical thinking may help everyone

Australia; International; SA Flinders University Microbial Biotechnology
27 January 2026

Through the looking glass: New framework gives language to representation in children’s books

Australia; WA Edith Cowan University The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
27 January 2026

A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife

Australia; New Zealand; SA Flinders University,Canterbury Museum,University of Auckland,Victoria University of Wellington Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
27 January 2026

Indigenous knowledge reveals the decline of northern quolls in the Pilbara

Australia; WA The University of Western Australia,Curtin University,Government of Western Australia,Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Wildlife Research
23 January 2026

Whales may be working together as climate change puts pressure on food supplies

International Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Canada Frontiers in Marine Science
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23 January 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Female scientists spend longer under peer-review

New Zealand; International University of Bath, UK PLOS Biology
23 January 2026

Women find well endowed men more attractive, while men find them more intimidating

Australia; VIC; WA; ACT The University of Western Australia,Monash University,The Australian National University,The University of Melbourne PLOS Biology
23 January 2026

Ancient giant kangaroos could hop to it when they needed to

Australia; International; VIC The University of Melbourne,The University of Manchester, UK, The University of Bristol, UK Scientific Reports
22 January 2026

Ancient clay hidden under Japan caused rupture that triggered devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Australia; International; ACT The Australian National University Science
22 January 2026

Evidence of ancient wild potato domestication in the American Southwest

International University of Utah, USA PLOS One
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22 January 2026

NEWS BRIEFING: World's oldest rock art holds clues to early human migration to Australia

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD Griffith University,Southern Cross University,Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Nature
21 January 2026

Bird life in southern Australia highlights ancient climate change

Australia; SA Flinders University,The University of Adelaide Palaeontologia Electronica
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20 January 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Four shark attacks off NSW beaches

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD; SA Australian Science Media Centre

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