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  🦭 EXPERT REACTION: H5 bird flu detected in Aussie mammal for first time Follow the link to read the expert commentary https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-h5bird-flu-detected-inaussie-mammalfor-first-time #science #H5N1 #H5 #BirdFlu

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  🐝 UK scientists say heating hives could help bumblebees overcome the cooling effects of certain pesticides ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/heating-hives-may-help-bumblebees-cope-with-pesticides #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #bumblebees #hivehealth

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  🚨 EXPERT REACTION: AusAlert - Australia's emergency warning system test 💬Check out what experts from across the country have to say about the upcoming alert https://scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-ausalert-australias-emergency-warning-system-test #science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #ausalert #EmergencyWarning

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  🕵️With the current data breach of Origin Energy, we would like to shine our #ExpertSpotlight on A/Prof Katharina Wolf from #CurtinUni 💬Katharina is an expert in strategic communications and public relations. As well as knowing how to manage reputation and crisis communication 🔍Find her details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?a=1244801 #science #sciencenews #databreach #corpcomms

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  🔥 International researchers say there is a link between particulate matter caused by wildfires and people heading to the ED with migraine or headache symptoms ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/smoke-from-wildfires-linked-with-ed-visits-for-headache-and-migraine #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #bushfire #wildfire #smoke #headache #migraine #PM2.5

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  📝With the next #census coming up, we're pointing our #ExpertSpotlight on #Swinburne's Dr Xavier Mills 🏳️‍🌈 Xavier's research examines how social institutions, policy, and data shape the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in Australia 🔍More info here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=xavier-mills&a=1244312 #science

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  📈 Every 1% monthly increase in annual inflation has been linked to a 4% increase in the suicide rate one month later in the general population https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-mental-health-toll-of-rising-inflation-in-australia #science #sciencenews #research #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #inflation #debt #mentalhealth #suiciderate

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  🦟 Mosquitoes are showing signs of resistance against one of the most common insecticides, and researchers may have just figured out how ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mozzies-most-powerful-weapon-in-fighting-insecticides-discovered #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #mozzie #insecticideresistance

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  🩸 High cholesterol was linked to 3.6 million deaths globally in 2023 https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/aging-and-growing-global-populations-driving-increased-disease-burden-due-to-cholesterol #science

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  🦆 As more cases of #BirdFlu are popping up across the country, we would like to point our #ExpertSpotlight at Dr Eric Woehler 🐧 Eric can talk about the seabirds that are being found with #H5N1 🔎More on Eric can be found here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?a=36334 #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts

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  ⛏️ Aussie and UK scientists say mining is a threat to over 12k species across the globe, including close to 6k that are already listed as 'threatened' ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mining-a-threat-to-over-12-000-species-globally #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #mining #threatenedspecies

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  🍽️ Open wide! Here comes episode 3! 👩‍🍳 Serving it up on all good podcasting platforms, Monday ✨Or bookmark this link to listen in on Monday!✨ https://smc.org.au/off-embargo #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #sciPod

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  🔥 A strong El Niño is developing, according to the #WMO, with above-normal temperatures expected worldwide ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/the-world-meteorological-organization-says-prepare-for-a-strong-el-nino #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #elnino #WMO

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  🏠With the current state of the housing market, we would like to point our #ExpertSpotlight on #UniNewEngland's Dr Ali Soltani 🏘️Ali is an expert in urban planning, housing affordability, the housing crisis and much more! 🔎More on Ali here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=ali-soltani&a=1213808 #science

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  📺 UK scientists investigated the effects of increasing screen use on children's psychosocial development among 2,598 kids who began the study aged five and stuck with it through to age 15. After accounting for family functioning, the team says they found no links between screen use duration and developmental difficulties at age five or ten, and a link with increased difficulties at age 15 was only seen among teenagers who spent the most time video gaming, and not for other types of scree...

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  🦟 Canadian scientists pooled and re-analysed the data from 11 previous studies on links between pesticide exposure (including herbicides and insecticides) and motor neuron disease, finding that exposure was linked to a 60-70% increase in the risk of men developing the most common form, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The team says that, compared with no exposure, exposure to herbicides was linked to a 70% increase in a man's risk of developing the disease, and exposure to either ins...

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  🚗 Has this week's episode changed the way you drive? 🎧 Listen in wherever you get your podcasts ✨ Or follow the link now!✨ https://smc.org.au/off-embargo #science #sciencenews #reserach #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #scipod

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  ☀️ Using a powerful telescope, researchers have taken images of the Sun’s surface at a higher resolution than ever before ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/high-res-images-of-the-sun-may-reveal-what-powers-solar-flares #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #sun #solarflare

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  💃 With the current discussion happening on celebrity body image, we are pointing out hashtag#ExpertSpotlight towards #AdelaideUni's Dr Sophie Dahlenburg-Grzeczkowski 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Sophie's research has a focus on body image/eating disorders and the intersection of sexual and gender minorities. ✨ More info here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=sophie-dahlenburg&a=891259 #science #eatingdisorder #gender #bodyimage

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  🚗 Replacing a 2-year-old petrol SUV with an EV, rather than driving it for another 14 years, could nearly halve its owner's lifetime carbon emissions, US researchers found ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/scrapping-even-brand-new-petrol-cars-for-evs-might-be-better-for-the-environment #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #EV #electricvehicles #PlugInHybrid

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  🐳 Orcas have been filmed deliberately colliding with dead sunfish so hard that the fish explode ✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/orcas-ram-one-of-the-worlds-heaviest-fish-so-hard-it-explodes #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #orca #dontstopmenow

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  🚨 Do you hate seeing a clickbait headline? 😤 So do WE! (well... sometimes) 🎧 Tune in Monday to hear about what we like to call a 'showstopper' ➡️ Available wherever you get your podcasts https://smc.org.au/off-embargo #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #offembargo #sciPod #clickbait

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  💉 Current evidence does not support direct (causal) links between aluminium-boosted vaccines and serious or long-term health outcomes, including autism, diabetes and asthma, according to a review ✨Follow the link in the comments for more information on this story✨ https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/high-quality-evidence-shows-no-link-between-aluminium-boosted-vaccines-and-serious-health-conditions #science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #vaccine #vaccines #vaccinesw...