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PODCAST SERIES: The Discovery Pod with Professor Andy Lowe

The Discovery Pod talks to experts from the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø, about solutions to society's most pressing challenges.

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Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses

An international team of researchers co-led by the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø and the University of Arizona has analysed the genomes ofÌýmore thanÌý2,500Ìýmodern humans fromÌý26 worldwide populations,Ìýto better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.

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Scientists reveal Earth’s secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks

The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.

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Article - Australia's state of degradia

With almost a third of arable land classified as degraded, what can we do to reverse the rapid pace of degradation and can we do it in a way that benefits us?

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The dating lives of sea snakes

New research shows male sea snakes can locate and mate with a female mate, through touch receptors.

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ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø rallies to become the world's second National Park City

A courageous bid has been launched for ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø to become Australia's first National Park City, as South Australians show overwhelming support for urgent action on climate change.

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Mission to discover Australia's unknown species

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the University of ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹Ù꿉۪s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new missionÌýlaunched by Taxonomy Australia, a new program of the Australian Academy of Science,ÌýtoÌýdiscover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.

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As climate change worsens ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø will become a 50 degree city

Climate change means ÑÇÖÞ²ÊÆ±¹ÙÍø is already on a path towards unavoidable destruction. But if we act now, we can avoid the worst, says environmental expert Robert Hill.

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