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Vitamin D can be toxic if taken in high doses. Here's how much you should be having

A UK man ended up in hospital after taking almost 400 times the recommended daily dose of vitamin D. He'd been feeling low in energy — prompting him to see a nutritionist. So, how much vitamin D should we be getting?

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Heart attack treatment using K’gari funnel-web spider venom one step closer to human trial

A drug being developed using venom from the world's deadliest spider to prevent damage caused by a heart attack or stroke will progress to clinical trials.

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Humpback whales share culture and whole new songs across populations ‘very easily’, study finds

Study sheds more light on inter-population culture transmission in animals

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Bitcoin helped Joe secure his fortune but he would no longer recommend it as investors risk financial ruin

Joe Bridge has bought two motorbikes, two boats and his first house with the $1 million-plus he made on bitcoin, but he doesn't recommend trying to replicate his success.

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Nanotech to help fight against flystrike

Tiny nano-particles are providing a promising new method to protect sheep against deadly flystrike, according to University of Queensland researchers.

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Deadly varroa mite has 'potential' to threaten Queensland's bee industry, authorities warn

Authorities are closely monitoring any impact on Queensland's bee populations amid a "worrying" interstate detection of the deadly honey bee parasite, varroa destructor.

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Conservation group seeks injunction to stop Woodside gas project to protect Great Barrier Reef

A massive Woodside gas project approved in the Western Australia will contribute to damage to the Great Barrier Reef, conservation lawyers will argue.

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How climate change could be exacerbating the spread of diseases like monkeypox and Japanese encephalitis

A new study predicts the changing climate will provide increased opportunities for the spread of novel viruses.

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Polystyrene-eating superworms may help develop new ways to dispose of waste

A snacking superworm that loves to eat polystyrene may hold the key with a bacterial enzyme in its gut to help recycle plastic waste, researchers say.

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Foaming at the mouth: the superworms making a meal of polystyrene waste

New research shows the gut of the Zophobas morio beetle larvae contains enzymes capable of breaking down the plastic, which is difficult to recycle

The Guardian - AU

Dinosaur footprints found preserved in rock platform on Victoria's Great Ocean Road

Since their find, Kate and Tim Wagstaff have been pulled into an adventure that most fossil enthusiasts can only dream of, working with palaeontologists across Australia to document and further investigate their discovery.

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Kidney injury hidden in COVID-19 patients

Queensland researchers say the number of hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have a potentially-fatal acute kidney disease may be double the official rate.

AAP

Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis

New study finds 44% of world’s land surface needs increased protection, with 1m wildlife species at risk of extinction

The Guardian - AU

University of Queensland study shows bodybuilders at greater risk of reverse anorexia

Also called reverse anorexia or bigorexia, muscle dysmorphia is characterised by obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviours and body image distortion, with sufferers seeing themselves as smaller than they are.

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Gold Coast shark expert's journey from homelessness to academia at Bond University

Shark researcher Daryl McPhee is giving back to international students doing it tough in Australia by offering annual travel bursaries.

The Conversation

The doctor says my mole is a melanoma. What happens next?

So your doctor removed a mole from your skin and now says it’s cancerous. What happens next?

Newcastle Herald

An Australian company worked out how to destroy PFAS, halting its toxic legacy

Australian company Synergen Met says it now has a complete solution - a more efficient, high-volume way to concentrate PFAS from contaminated liquids, and a ground-breaking plasma-based technology to bond problematic fluorine.

The Conversation

Open letter: the RBA review needs to be completely independent of government

This is the text of an open letter from 12 leading economists, sent on Sunday:

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Testing for the flu can help you get faster treatment. But why is it so hard to get a rapid antigen test for influenza?

Flu cases are surging around Australia — and this time it's different. Two years of COVID isolation has left the population with little natural immunity. So, how can you get tested to see if you have the flu?

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Why is petrol still so expensive in Queensland? When will fuel costs go down?

With fuel prices nudging $2.20 a litre in Brisbane, a tank of petrol can put a sizeable dent on your bank balance, so why is fuel so expensive in Queensland and when will prices drop?

360info

Special Report: Platforms and power

360info investigates how today's platforms are driving inequality and how both regulation and new technologies might shape the future web, for better or worse.

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The LNP facing a tough challenge from Labor and Greens in Ryan at this election

Sitting LNP member Julian Simmonds is facing a genuine three-horse race in the traditionally blue-ribbon Liberal seat, with both Labor and the Greens targeting the seat.

ABC News

Antibiotic resistance is threatening our health. Will bacterial infection send us back to the medical dark age?

Without new antibiotics, the world is on track to re-enter the medical dark ages by 2050, when a simple cut could kill 10 million people a year. So why are they so hard to find?

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s literally slower than watching Australia drift north’: the laboratory experiment that will outlive us all

For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on

ABC News

How a koala colony affected by chlamydia and at 'immediate risk of local extinction' was revived

A koala colony in Brisbane on the brink of collapse more than doubles, through a painstaking yet effective new method of treating the endangered species.

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