FOSSIL DISCOVERY PUTS AUSTRALIA BACK ON DINOSAUR MAP (PLoS ONE)
RAPID ROUNDUP: New research published in PLoS ONE describes the first large Australian dinosaurs to be discovered since 1981.
Fri 3 Jul 09

HUMANS TO BLAME FOR EXTINCTION OF GIANT KANGAROO (PNAS)
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts comment on new Australian research suggesting human hunting is to blame for the extinction of the largest kangaroo ever to evolve.
Tue 23 Jun 09

GLOBAL REPORT ON WHALES
RAPID ROUNDUP: The Australian Govt has just released the global Cetacean Summary Report in advance of the International Whaling Comission meeting. An expert comments.
Fri 19 Jun 09

COPENHAGEN CLIMATE SYNTHESIS REPORT
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts respond to a new report compling research presented at the 'Climate Change: Global Risks Challenges & Descisions' congress in Copenhagen in March.
Thu 18 Jun 09

SWINE FLU ALERT LEVEL MOVES TO PROTECT
RAPID ROUNDUP: The Australian Govt has created a new response phase to manage the 'swine flu' outbreak. Experts comment.
Wed 17 Jun 09

LINK BETWEEN CO2 AND TEMPERATURE
RAPID ROUNDUP: Climate scientists respond to Senator Stephen Fielding's question: Why have CO2 concentrations over the last decade been going up but temperatures have not?
Mon 15 Jun 09

CARBON NANOTUBES SUPPRESS IMMUNE FUNCTION
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts respond to new research which shows the inhalation of carbon nanotubes could suppress the immune function.
Mon 15 Jun 09

DEATH OF QLD MAN STUNNED WITH TASER
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts respond to the use of a Taser on a Queensland man who died on 12 June.
Fri 12 Jun 09 (updated)

ANTARCTIC ICE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: Hear from experts about two reports released from the ACE CRC that help clarify what we know about sea ice, ice sheets and climate change.
Fri 12 Jun 09 at 10.30am AEST

WHO SWINE FLU PANDEMIC DECLARATION
RAPID ROUNDUP: The WHO has raised the global alert level for influenza A(H1N1) to Phase 6, the pandemic phase. Experts comment.
Fri 12 Jun 09

DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING: A mechanism to reduce deforestation in developing nations was left out of the Kyoto Protocol. Hear from two Australian experts at climate talks in Bonn on the latest negotiations.
Wed 10 Jun 09 at 3pm AEST

WORLD'S SCIENCE ACADEMIES WARNING ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
RAPID ROUNDUP: The world’s science academies, including the Australian Academy of Science, have warned that ocean acidification may be left off the agenda at the UN Copenhagen conference.
Mon 1 Jun 09

HUMAN SWINE FLU: WHY ALL THE HYPE?
SCIENCE BLOG: Professor Robert Booy discusses the issue of hype in the reporting of swine flu.
Mon 1 Jun 09

STEM CELLS RESTORE SIGHT TO SUFFERERS OF CORNEAL DISEASE
RAPID ROUNDUP: Experts react to news that researchers at the UNSW have used patients' own stem cells, to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
Wed 27 May 09