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An island where 80 per cent of turtle hatchlings are born female is more of a level playing field when it comes to breeding than researchers initially feared.

Vast quantities of minerals are needed to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. Minerals and metals are essential for wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries for electric vehicles. But Indigenous peoples have raised concerns about more mining on their lands and territories.

People with low blood alcohol levels are more likely to overestimate how drunk they are and those with high blood alcohol levels are more likely to underestimate, a new study finds.

The US Navy is funding research that will follow humpbacks as they pass the Sunshine Coast to determine in an effort to protect the marine giants from man-made noise pollution.

The University of Queensland's vaccine had to be abandoned during the rush to develop an effective COVID-19 shot, but now will be trialled on people.

Researchers are using the Williamtown Red Zone to study how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances can travel in the air.

Graphic media coverage of domestic violence cases could contribute to "copycat'' behaviour, a new University of Queensland study suggests.

Scientists believe K'gari formed between 0.7 and 1.2 million years ago and its formation allowed the development of the southern and central Great Barrier Reef.

Australia's population is ageing and adult incontinence products are now a bigger waste problem than baby nappies.

Vets urge owners to keep tick preventatives at hand as there are a few weeks' delays before antiserum is stocked up.

A University of Queensland-led study finds COVID-19 activates a similar inflammatory response to Parkinson's disease, but scientists warn it's too early to cause alarm with more work needed into how the virus affects the brain.