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Helmets won't cure football's concussion headache
By Caroline Finch and Andrew McIntosh
There is currently no evidence to show that helmets prevent concussion or more serious head injury in sports like AFL and rugby.
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Two degrees is too much for most coral reefs
By UQ
A modelling study by an international collaboration of scientists has concluded that increasing global temperatures to 2 degrees above pre-industrial global temperatures will be too hot for two-thirds of the world's corals.
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How the cheetah got its stripes
By Stanford University Medical Center
Feral cat study identifies a biological mechanism responsible for both the elegant stripes on the tabby cat and the cheetah's normally dappled coat.
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On the ball: does the AFL need to design a better footy?
By Hans Westerbeek
The AFL commissioned has a comprehensive review of the critical performance characteristics of Australian Rules footballs – the first for more than 30 years.
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Fishing in the Desert
By Angela Lush
Scientists have gone fishing in desert boreholes and found some unique ecosystems and evolutionary adaptations.
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Cave of the Monkeys find complicates our Asia story
By Darren Curnoe
Did our Asian story just get more complicated?
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Taking over from evolution: how technology could enhance humanity
By Arthur Saniotis and Maciej Henneberg
Technology offers great possibility of enhancing human capacity.
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Marijuana a risk in early pregnancy
By Drug Testing and Analysis
High potency and synthetic marijuana pose real dangers in first weeks of pregnancy
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New Species Found in World's Harshest Continent
By Alex Parry
First new species found on continental Antarctica for 34 years.
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The Dope on DMAA
By Ian Musgrave
DMAA is found in many weight loss and performance enhancement supplements, but it has now been classified by the TGA as a prohibited substance with no therapeutic potential.
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