Tasmanian Times
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1.4KCOVID-19 Detector Animal Research and Trials Underway at Adelaide Airport
The latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials commenced at Adelaide Airport this week. Six dogs, including four Australian Border Force (ABF)...
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Diet Wears Down Devil Dentures
Bones and all: see how the diets of Tasmanian devils can wear down their sharp teeth to blunt nubbins Tasmanian devils are expert...
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A Rare Bird — How Europeans got the Black Swan so Wrong
The black swan is an Australian icon. The official emblem of Western Australia, depicted in the state flag and coat-of-arms, it decorates...
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Podcast – Rewild the Isles
by Supplementary Information Between the mainland and Tasmania are a series of small islands that are all that is left of the...
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How Plant-based Diets Could Help Prevent the Next COVID-19
Viruses like COVID-19, SARS, bovine spongiform, swine flu and avian flu all have something in common: They all come from animals, described...
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A Healthy Environment as a Human Right
UN recognition of this right would strengthen legal arguments for preserving nature.
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3,000 Shipping Containers Fell Into the Pacific Ocean Last Winter
A rise in container-ship accidents adds to the growing marine plastic pollution problem and poses risks to ocean health, wildlife and mariners.
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Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin – My Little Dolphin
Scientist Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin recently spoke eloquently to a Senate committee about Tasmania's own endemic dolphin.
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New Names for COVID-19 Variants
The World Health Organization (WHO) has assigned new labels for key variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using letters of...
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UTAS Launches Schools Recommendation Program for 2022
The University of Tasmania today launched the Schools Recommendation Program for 2022, saying it had the capacity to make a real difference...
