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Tiny frogs face a troubled future in New Guinea's tropical mountains

  • Written by: Paul Oliver, Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity and Evolution, Australian National University
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At night, the mountain forests of New Guinea come alive with weird buzzing and beeping calls made by tiny frogs, some no bigger than your little fingernail.

These little amphibians – in the genus Choerophryne – would shrivel and dry up in mere minutes in the hot sun, so they are most common in the rainy, cooler mountains.

Yet many...

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Grattan on Friday: Turnbull's taxing battle as fractious session grinds towards end

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Probably it was appropriate they did it. And it was best they did it together. But seeing Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten dash off early Thursday to cyclone-ravaged north Queensland, then fly back for a slightly delayed question time, did invite a little cynicism about gesture politics.

Especially when the two leaders, in their brief respite from...

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Follow the Moon to the stars and Jupiter

  • Written by: Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museum Victoria
imageMoonshine at Flinders, Victoria.Alex Cherney, CC BY-NC-ND

The ABC is encouraging us all to get out and observe the sky with their exciting Stargazing Live series to air April 4-6 with Professor Brian Cox and involving many astronomers across Australia. Here’s some tips from our own stargazer who will be taking part in the ABC Stargazing Live...

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Yes, your doctor might Google you

  • Written by: Merle Spriggs, Research Fellow at the Children's Bioethics Centre, University of Melbourne
imageInformation doctors find out about you online may affect your treatment. But not all of it is accurate or relevant.from www.shutterstock.com

When we think about Google and health, we usually think about patients searching online for health information. But you may be surprised that some doctors Google you.

An Australian survey of how doctors use...

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