Whale of a Tale: The Truth About Whales and Climate Change
A recent study by Griffith University and a team of global researchers found that whales’ contribution to carbon capture is minimal and insufficient to significantly…
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Got Milk? Ancient Tibetans’ Dairy Secrets Revealed in Groundbreaking Study
Dairy pastoralism began on the plateau by ~3500 years ago and supported population expansion into its vast, non-farmable highlands. Ancient populations on the Tibetan Plateau…
Weight Loss Surgery – A Promising Treatment Option for Type 2 Diabetes
Results have shown that bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for individuals who have both type 2 diabetes and morbid obesity, with almost 50% of…
Shocking Study Finds Nose Picking Could Increase Risk for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
In new research, Griffith University scientists have demonstrated that a bacteria can travel through the olfactory nerve in the nose and into the brain in…
Not Science Fiction: Quantum Teleportation Provides Express Lane for Data Communication
Teleportation may be a concept usually reserved for science fiction, but researchers have demonstrated that it can be used to avoid loss in communication channels…
Bacteria in the Nose Can Sneak Into the Brain – May Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
New research from Griffith University has shown that a bacterium commonly present in the nose can sneak into the brain and set off a cascade…
Preliminary Evidence Suggests Coronavirus Jumped From Animals to Humans Multiple Times
The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hotly debated. This debate has caused substantial difficulties in the Australia-China…
The Symptoms of the Delta Variant Differ From Traditional COVID-19 – Here’s What To Look Out For
We’ve been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities scrambled…
New Quantum Paradox Reveals Contradiction Between Widely Held Beliefs – “Something’s Gotta Give”
Quantum physicists at Griffith University have unveiled a new paradox that says, when it comes to certain long-held beliefs about nature, “something’s gotta give.” Quantum…
Businesses Warned There Will Be No “Back to Normal” Following COVID-19 Pandemic
Businesses are being warned there will be no ‘back to normal’ following the COVID-19 pandemic and the idea of simply ‘bouncing back’ isn’t feasible. Lex…
Modern Human Ancestry Cast in Doubt After Fossil Skull Discovery
Griffith University scientists have led an international team to date the skull of an early human found in Africa, potentially upending human evolution knowledge with…
Quantum Experiment Verifies Nonlocal Wavefunction Collapse for a Single Particle
Physicists from Griffith University have demonstrated “spooky action at a distance” for the first time with no efficiency loophole by splitting a single photon between…
Physicists Propose Existence of Parallel Universes, Challenge Quantum Science
In a newly published study, physicists propose that parallel universes really exist and that they interact and influence one another by a subtle force of…
