Snapshot: our monthly e-newsletter

November 2019

Hunting a deadly cereal killer, gadget for groundwater monitoring and a chance encounter with a pulsar.

October 2019

Aussie tech mends a broken heart, we've calculated how much fishing gear is lost at sea, and plant-based meat sizzles.

September 2019

Agriculture's piece of the $25 billion pie, the buzz about edible insects and Investigator returns from the Coral Sea.

August 2019

Sleuthing on the sex lives of flies to reduce food waste, climate change leaves a mark on our coasts and putting a lid on plastic waste.

July 2019

We named a bee fly after Game of Thrones’ Night King, solved an astronomical 'whodunnit' and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

June 2019

What will Australia look like in 2060? Plus gold-digging fungi and whale sharks caught mating.

May 2019

Working to treat 'untreatable' cancers, our number one extinction threat and a long-lost shipwreck found.

April 2019

Gold grows on trees, a smutty solution for a wandering weed, cutting emissions from cows and meet our seafaring superstars.

March 2019

Zika-resistant mozzies, dethroning the crown-of-thorns starfish and solving the mystery of the Buruli ulcer.

February 2019

Toxic blooms and fish deaths, clamping down on Disease X and solving a shark mystery

December 2018

Voyager 2 goes interstellar, nursing sharks back to health and golden prawn poo

November 2018

Lord Howe Island pest eradicated, a galaxy's slow death and healthier rice

October 2018

Australia's next moonshot, marine plastic tragedy and how to bee friendly.

September 2018

Putting cancer cells to sleep, fuelling the future with hydrogen and cyanide-free gold

August 2018

Wiping out disease-spreading mozzies, freezing flowers in Antarctica and saving us from drowning in plastic

July 2018

Our people power app, cannabis for pets and the future of Antarctica

June 2018

Taking food loss off the menu with broccoli lattes and exposing vaccine and immunisation myths.

May 2018

Uncovering #fakenews, calculating the cost of bread and bringing the doctor home.

April 2018

Helping submarines breathe better, the lowdown on eucalypts, and beating superbugs with platypus milk

March 2018

Uncovering the earliest secrets of the Universe, counting white sharks, and celebrating International Women’s Day

February 2018

Leaping penguins, self-driving cars and an Alzheimer's breakthrough

December 2017

Deep sea discoveries, meeting our intergalactic neighbours, and net neutrality explained

November 2017

3D printed chests, discovering a WW2 shipwreck and how we stopped apples going brown

October 2017

Giving cannabis research the green light, quinoa's teff competition, and Australia's role in the stars

September 2017

Nerds and billionaires, MH370 updates and how to scare an elephant

August 2017

Foods of the future, our new tech to predict dementia, and swatting the great Aussie BBQ stopper

July 2017

Reeling in illegal fishing, solving magnetic mysteries and flexible food

June 2017

Fast Radio Bursts, our new Southern Hemisphere ocean research centre and why you choose fries over broccoli

May 2017

Death metals, NASA's new Aussie command centre and chasing Billy the Squid

April 2017

Deep sea squid battles, Fitbits for sheep and our new lab on a glove tech

March 2017

Secret recipe for carbon super strength, 3D printing human issue and battling diabetes with our low carb diet

February 2017

Improving the world's strongest material with soybeans, sliding into Silicon Valley and why Australian's birds are so brainy

December 2016

Why insects swarm in summer, the future of Australian manufacturing and what exactly is a light year?

November 2016

Tracking male mozzies to tackle disease, cracking the cold case of the night parrot and why your number twos should be threes and fours

October 2016

Diving into the Great Barrier Reef with NASA, Lee Lin Chin weighs in on CSIRO and the great Aussie diet #fail

September 2016

The facts about weight loss and dairy, the science of repealing a magpie swoop and get trendy by wearing your CSIRO

August 2016

Prototype to public listing, maximising magnesium, scintillating solar designs and is your idea Australia's next big innovation?

July 2016

Solar air-con in action, snake antivenom for your pooch and interacting with the Tour de France from your smartphone

June 2016

One in six Aussies at risk of ditching dairy, connecting students with start-ups and using eyes to detect mental health disorders

May 2016

Gluten-free beer hits Germany, take our new Healthy Diet Score to help the environment and how the cactus could transform electric cars

April 2016

Cancer drugs on the way, tech to treat pelvic prolapses, egg-splaining egg safety and identifying creepy crawlies in the garden

March 2016

The good news about jobs of the future, how bats might hold the key to our own immunity and keeping your kitchen Salmonella free

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