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The year is 1959. Speleologists descend a 17-metre shaft to explore the depths of Mairs Cave in the southern Flinders Ranges. Some 55 metres into the main chamber, they find fossils scattered throughout a boulder pile. Among these fossils are a claw and part of a wing bone that appear…

Scientists at an Adelaide university reverse-engineer the biology of insects to create a robot that can understand vision it is capturing from a camera.

A keto-style diet blended with traditional Indigenous ways of eating may be key to helping Aboriginal communities manage type 2 diabetes, researchers say.

It’s good practice for employers to consult staff when forming policies or guidelines. However, for some staff from diverse backgrounds, this creates extra work and pressure.

It’s a long-running Australian detective story. From the 1980s onwards, researchers found eggshell fragments, and on rare occasions whole eggs, exposed in eroding sand dunes within the country’s arid zone (which covers most of Australia’s landmass).

Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia adjust policies

In an experiment with children with peanut allergies, researchers found that boiling peanuts for up to 12 hours may be an effective cure.

Adelaide's rivers and creeks are acting as conveyor belts for microplastic pollution and fast fashion could be a big part of the problem, a study has found.

Adelaide researchers are enlisting the help of visitors to Kangaroo Island to see how the island is recovering from devastating bushfires.