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Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 years

  • Written by: Gregory John Leach, Honorary Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University
Bizarrely distributed and verging on extinction, this 'mystic' tree went unidentified for 17 yearsFlowers of the mystical Hildegardia australiensis. I.D. Cowie, NT Herbarium.Author provided (No reuse)

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Almost 30 years ago, the specimen of a weird tree collected in the southern part of Kakadu National Park was packed in my...

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Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrong

  • Written by: Greg Kyle, Professor of Pharmacy, Queensland University of Technology
Think you're allergic to penicillin? There's a good chance you're wrongA rash people assume is a reaction to penicillin may not be related to the drug at all.From shutterstock.com

Are you allergic to penicillin? Perhaps you have a friend or relative who is? With about one in ten people reporting a penicillin allergy, that’s not altogether surprising.

Penicillin is the most commonly reported drug allergy. But the...

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Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminent

  • Written by: Cathal D. O'Connell, Researcher and Centre Manager, BioFab3D (St Vincent's Hospital), University of Melbourne
Why the idea of alien life now seems inevitable and possibly imminentRelative sizes of planets that are in a zone potentially compatible with life: Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f and Earth (named left to right; except for Earth, these are artists' renditions).NASA, CC BY

This article is an edited extract from an essay, The search for ET, in The New Disruptors, the 64th edition of Griffith Review.

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'you’re always commenting on power'

  • Written by: Dallas Rogers, Program Director, Master of Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
'you’re always commenting on power'Podcasters can introduce new voices to the conversations about the cities we live in.Salim October/Shutterstock

More and more podcasts about cities are being produced by journalists and academics. They’re being recorded in research labs, urban planning offices, on the streets and in the neighbourhoods of our cities.

Podcasting allows academics...

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