Scientists are investigating whether rising global temperatures may lead to more stillbirths, saying further study is needed on the subject as climates change.
The incidence of alcohol-related violence fell in Queensland鈥檚 key nightlife areas while business continued to grow after the Queensland Government鈥檚 Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence policy was introduced, research has found.
New research shows that a crown fire 鈥 the most extreme type of bushfire behaviour, in which tree canopies burn 鈥 is more likely in logged native forests.
In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth鈥檚 oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.
The public intellectual Sam Harris and world-renowned physicist David Deutsch imagine a future where we are able to download conscious states and live in matrix-like virtual simulations.
Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.