
Living on Air
Rather than relying on sunlight, some Antarctic bacteria live on inorganic compounds found in air.

Rather than relying on sunlight, some Antarctic bacteria live on inorganic compounds found in air.

The World Map we’re so used to seeing is really not accurate when considering space and distance, this is what the world really looks like.

Dr Matthias Rillig gives advice for PhD students, postdocs and group leaders on how to navigate the various challenges that academia presents.


Australia’s PhD graduates can be better utilised in the non‐academic workforce “Our research shows that 80% of job ads looking for employees with high levels of research skills did not mention the PhD as a qualification.”

An artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them.


Astronomical phenomena can have some funny names, like the star named ‘Sualocin’ (‘Nicolaus’ spelt backwards), or the nebula called ‘Dark Doodad’.
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