The discovery of a Stone Age man with the genes for blue eyes and dark skin has revealed that blue eye colour is likely to…

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A team of international researchers, led by Monash University’s Associate Professor Wouter Schellart, have developed a new global map of subduction zones—which occur at the…

Modern science has solved a historical cold case by revealing that two of the world’s most devastating plagues, the Black Death and Plague of Justinian—each…

A University of Queensland researcher’s work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world’s top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013. Global…

A new protein that mediates the survival and death of melanoma cells has been identified by University of Newcastle cancer researchers, bringing hope for a…

Most of the Earth’s remaining fossil fuels must be left in the ground to avoid disastrous consequences for today’s young people and for future generations, according to research published recently. The research is co-authored by 18 scientists from around the world, including University of Queensland Global Change Institute Director Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg.