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📸A photograph is more than an image: it is an event, sometimes an object, always a fragment of a broader story to be told. Photography researcher Dr Jane Simon reviews the State Library of NSW's exhibition, Shot
Before 2022, scientists had never before seen whales actually having intercourse.
The first observation of humpback whale se x, was the between two males, writes Dr Dr. Vanessa Pirotta :
🔗theconversation.com/sex-birth-and-…
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While humpbacks are the most sighted whale species in Australian waters, we actually know very little about them, Dr Dr. Vanessa Pirotta explains: theconversation.com/sex-birth-and-…
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In her latest article in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand, Marine Scientist Dr Dr. Vanessa Pirotta shares that thousands of bus-sized humpback whales are currently on their way to Australian waters.
Could tiny doses of synthetic psilocybin – naturally found in magic mushrooms – help people with moderate depression?
Macquarie University researcher Dr Vince Polito is running the biggest clinical trial of its type in the country to find out↙️
New research has found that when ant-mimicking spiders do a bad job of hiding their spider qualities – potentially exposing themselves to predators - it might give them other advantages, such as finding mates and greater fertility.
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Farmed pythons may offer a sustainable and efficient new form of livestock to boost food security, according to new research from #MacquarieUniversity :
lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/march-…
🎓We met up with Dr Dr. Vanessa Pirotta before her occasional address at our Science and Engineering @ MQU graduation this week, to get the inside word on how she plans to inspire our new graduates
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Tiny, transparent fish have made it possible for our neuroscientists to observe damaging protein clusters forming in real time, opening the way for testing potential early interventions for motor neuron disease (MND) and dementia.
🔗 lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/march-…
Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre
World first: Zebrafish discovery to speed testing of MND and dementia treatments
Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre MND Australia #myMQ
Romeo, accordingly, is pushed to the side of the action of & Juliet – and rightly so, given the title and the subject of the musical. He does, however, get the best entrance of any Shakespearean hero A/Prof Stephanie Russo
& Juliet is a jukebox musical, using the many many hits of Swedish songwriter Max Martin to tell this very modern, feminist, queer and diverse adaptation of the most famous tragedy of all time.
Read the full review here: lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/march-…
A/Prof Stephanie Russo