Screen-driven schooling is rewiring how students think, read, write and learn

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear faster than people expect.

A new study comparing invasive cane toads in Japan and Australia has found substantial changes in body size and shape have developed much more rapidly than suggested by long-held ideas of the pace of evolution. Researchers measured and weighed wild-caught cane toads (Rhinella marina) on subtropical Ishigaki Island in southern Japan and compared them to toads measured in Australia, Hawai'i and South America. The work appears in Royal Society Open Science.

A final-stage trial has started of an mRNA vaccine against the bird flu strain infecting many animals – and occasionally people – worldwide

As online child exploitation (OCE) continues to rise in Australia, new research from Griffith University suggests parents and caregivers may be the most important, and overlooked, factor in preventing harm. The study, involving parents and caregivers of children aged 11 to 17, found while many families were aware of online risks, what can make a difference in how effective they were in keeping their kids safe online, is whether they felt responsible, concerned, and motivated enough to act on tha