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An Oxford research company is looking at cell degradation before tau and amyloid buildup as a way of beating Alzheimer’s disease.

Juveniles are vegetarian. Adults have a wider diet. Could understanding the change mechanism and intervention allow us to control crown-of-thorns starfish?

They are an iconic Australian marsupial. But how fast can they run? Louise Miolin in Perth investigates.

Peter Bernhardt reviews Ehlich’s memoir and reflects on how timing, largely beyond anyone’s control, is a major contributor to outcomes in our lives.

There is no blueprint and no template. But somehow bees produce honeycomb with perfect geometric shapes in the dark and without communicating. 

Rare opalised fossil remains have led to the discovery of three new genera of egg laying mammals, the monotremes.