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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Could We Live Without Water?

For Students 9th - 10th
News article summarizes research on the disaccharide, trehalose, and its role in survival under extremely dry conditions.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Monsters of the Deep

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation explains the uses and effects of an octopus's poison. The information that is presented is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Emu Chicks Emerge

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover something new about this unique animal! Site highlights the birth of some emerging emu chicks.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Desalination: Taking the Plunge

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article deals with information related to a large Desalination plant in Australia. The article also includes information on the Desalination process.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Earth's Twin Found at Heart of Milky Way

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article centers on research behind the discovery of the planet in the Milky Way which most closely resembles the planet Earth.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Ancient Whale Broke All the Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Stephen Pincock's article covers the discovery of a 25 million year old fossil of a whale skull found on a beach in southern Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Alcohol and Cirrhosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, gives an article entitled "The good and bad and the cirrhosis." The article discusses the good and bad effects of alcohol consumption.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Global Warming Won't Halt Ocean Current

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article discusses climate change in the face of several climate models and poses both the good and the bad news associated with global warming.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Double Eye Vortex at Venus' South Pole

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article explores findings related to the "double-eye vortex" discovered hovering above Venus' south pole.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: A New Island Is Born in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this brief article explores the formation of a new volcanic island as found by scientists exploring the Solomon Islands.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bats Use Compass for Long Trips

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses research connected to the tracking of several big brown bats as they headed back to their homes. The experiment utilized several magnetic fields in attempts to disrupt the paths taken by...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Mars as You've Never Seen It Before

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article charts findings of the Rosetta ("Europe's comet-chasing spacecraft") as it took photographs of Mars from a close-up perspective.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: And Now, the Weather on Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores recent developments in technology allowing for a closer rendering of information related to the various weather conditions on Mars.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Glaciers Picking Up Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses scientific research connected to the rise in sea level because of fast-moving glaciers in the Antarctic.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Antarctic Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article examines research connected to the various species of life discovered in the "dark waters around Antarctica." These findings include sponges, crustaceans, and new worms.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Aquarium Fish 'Threaten Biodiversity'

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article on aquarium biodiversity explores the problems associated with the large numbers of exotic fish imported yearly into Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Find 28 More Exoplanets

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Maggie Fox's article explores a new string of "exoplanets" discovered orbiting distant stars. This research leads to numerous possibilities, one of which being the existence of planetary systems containing life...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Astronomers Seek Life at End of Rainbow

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marilyn Head's article explores the possibility entertained by several researchers that the key to discovering life beyond Earth (or habitable planets) is in studying rainbows.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: At Last! Blood Typing for Dogs

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Judy Skatssoon's article discusses the possibilities of blood transfusions for dogs and the impact this will have on the future of dog care.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Big Bang May Have Been a Big Bounce

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article suggests the possibility of the Big Bang having been created out of the remains of a previous universe which collapsed upon itself.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Bizarre Hexagons Found on Saturn

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores the discovery of Saturn's north pole of "a long-lived double hexagon formed in the clouds" which has been sighted just over Saturn's north pole.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Cane Toads Cannibalise Their Young

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Anna Salleh's article deals with the cannibalistic behavior of Cane toads toward their children. The adult toads wiggle their toes and the children, thinking they are chasing an insect, approach the adult toad...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimp Dna Sheds Light on Humanity

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article sheds light on scientific research comparing and contrasting the DNA of Chimpanzees with the DNA of humans.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Chimps Have the Jump on Us in Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Larry O'Hanlon's article explores a comparison of genes between chimps and humans which suggests a larger evolutionary jump on the part of the chimps in the span of 6 million years.