November 19, 2020 – COVID-19 infection rates in the UK, France, Belgium and Italy are much higher than reported and in the case of Italy up to 17-times higher, new data shows. Analysis also shows Australia had the best level of detection among the 15 countries at the end of April but the rate of […]
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Mammoth collision of ‘impossible’ black holes detected for the first time
September 2, 2020 – The most massive black hole collision ever detected has been directly observed by the LIGO and VIRGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). The short gravitational wave signal, GW190521, captured by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave observatories in the United States and Europe on 21 […]
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558 million-year-old fat reveals earliest known animal
Sept. 24, 2018 – Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago. The strange creature called Dickinsonia, which grew up to 1.4 metres in length and was […]
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Psychopaths struggle to recognize genuine emotion
Aug. 23, 2018 – New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found people with high levels of psychopathic traits have difficulty telling when someone is genuinely afraid or upset, based on people’s facial expressions. The study involved participants looking at photographs of faces expressing different emotions. Some faces were showing real emotions and […]
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Earth was barren, flat and almost entirely under water 4.4 billion years ago
May 8, 2017 – Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) say the early Earth was likely to be barren, flat and almost entirely under water with a few small islands, following their analysis of tiny mineral grains as old as 4.4 billion years. Lead researcher Dr Antony Burnham said the team studied zircon mineral […]