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Extinction Crisis: Native Mammals Are Disappearing in Northern Australia, but Only a Few People Are Watching
At the time Australia was colonised by Europeans, an estimated 180 mammal species lived in the continent’s northern savannas. The landscape teemed with animals, from microbats to rock-wallabies and northern quolls. Many of these mammals were found nowhere else on Earth. An unidentified account from the Normanton district of Northwest Queensland, dating back to 1897,…
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Railway Spine, the Mystery Disease That Changed Our Understanding of Psychology
Back in the late 19th century, victims of railway accidents began to experience a host of inexplicable symptoms that doctors simply could not make sense of. No one was sure what, exactly, caused the onset of these strange symptoms that had never been seen before and that only seemed to appear after a rail accident.…
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Why Do We Bleed? A Hematologist Gives Us an Insight Into Blood Loss After an Injury
“Ouch!” I cried out, looking down at where my family’s puppy, Hercules, had just bitten me. Two tiny dots of red started to bloom where he had sunk his canine teeth into my finger. “Bad dog,” I said to him. He looked up at me sheepishly. “Well, I guess I’m a bad human for putting…
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Humans Will Never Colonise Mars
The suggestion that humans will soon set up bustling, long-lasting colonies on Mars is something many of us take for granted. What this lofty vision fails to appreciate, however, are the monumental ” if not intractable ” challenges awaiting colonists who want to permanently live on Mars. Unless we radically adapt our brains and bodies…