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To jab or not to jab? It’s a yes from me

Many West Australians are wondering why they should bother with the COVID-19 vaccine when we are so safe in fortress WA. Well, this bubble can’t last forever and without the vaccine we’ll be grounded.

Geoffrey Thomas

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The West Australian exclusive
Treatment hopeCommentsPremium
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Perth researchers’ MND discovery could be game changer

A new genetic marker has been discovered for motor neurone disease which could lead to targeted ‘gene-patching’ treatment for sufferers of the incurable paralysing condition.

Angela Pownall

‘Forefront of policy thinking’CommentsPremiumSTEM students to shadow nation’s legislators

Parliamentarians will get their very own science advisors with STEM students from around the country shadowing the nation’s legislators to help them understand the value of the discipline.

Sarah Ison

EXCLUSIVEPremiumBoris Johnson tells PM: Ditch dirty coal and go nuclear

Boris Johnson has called on Scott Morrison to embrace a clean energy option to avoid “catastrophic” global warming.

Stephen Drill

OpinionPremiumBoris: Australia needs to ‘up its ambition’ on climate

Boris Johnson has said he is hopeful of seeing some positive action from the Morrison Government on climate change.

Stephen Drill

‘Profound moment’CommentsPremiumDeputy Opposition Leader visits Array Pathfinder

Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles has followed through on his promise to visit WA’s Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in Murchison.

Sarah Ison

EXPLAINERPremiumBiden’s climate summit: What you need to know

Joe Biden’s Climate Summit won’t see the public flogging of Australia that some activists have confidently predicted, a leading expert has argued.

David Mills

CLIMATE CHANGEPremium‘Let’s get real’: Key target won’t be rushed

Regional Australia is ‘footing the bill’ for the nation’s “social conscience” on climate change but won’t be rushed into a net zero emissions target.

Finn McHugh

Locked inCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Ben Wyatt’s first post-politics role

Ben Wyatt is following in the footsteps of another high-profile former WA politician in his first gig post-politics, after joining the board of a ‘household name’.

Peter Law

URGENT CALLPremiumWe need net zero by 2035: scientists

The Prime Minister has been inching his way towards a net zero emissions target for 2050, but scientists say the climate is in crisis and action needs to be drastic, and immediate.

David Mills

Top priorityPremiumMaking Aussie homes disaster-proof

Natural disasters are hitting Aussie homes with more frequency and intensity than ever. But we’re more concerned with getting a nice new kitchen than making our houses more resilient.

David Mills

Your SayPremiumNew alarm for Great Barrier Reef if world gets 3 degrees warmer

Experts are trying to save the Great Barrier Reef as Australia may face the effects of three degrees of global warming in the future.

David Mills

CLIMATE CHANGEPremiumDire warning about Aussie weather

Blistering heatwaves will be longer and more frequent in some Australian cities as temperatures soar, climate scientists have warned.

David Mills

Strength or flexibility?CommentsPremiumThe key to sticking to New Year’s fitness resolutions

It is nearly April, which means many West Australians who made a New Year’s resolution to get fit presumably resemble Sam Kerr’s more athletic twin sister. But what about those who stuck to it?

Kate Emery

OPINIONPremiumWe need to get over our toxic climate debate

The bushfires prompted climate change concern everywhere - except in Australia. It has sent us backwards, writes David Mills.

David Mills

NEW STUDYPremiumWhat Aussies really think about climate change

Climate change was the big issue for about one in seven Aussies at the last election – but a new study reveals just how significant it has become for voters.

David Mills

SciencePremiumAncient thunder bird stuns scientists with weird giant skull

Scientists scratching their heads looking at these extinct megafauna have finally cracked the secret to how they lived – with oddly shaped brains.

Clare Peddie

STEM sellCommentsPremiumWA science is project is ‘our Apollo’

A senior LAbor MP has used a huge telescope array in the WA outback to spruik Australia’s scientific potential.

Sarah Ison

ScienceAust-led team create embryo-like models

Early miscarriage and infertility research could accelerate after a team of Australian-led scientists reprogrammed skin cells into embryo-like structures.

Callum Godde

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The West Australian exclusive
Tough pill to swallowCommentsPremium
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WA research: Pill testing ‘doesn’t encourage’ MDMA use

Allowing pill testing at music festivals would not increase use of MDMA, according to new West Australian research that counters one of the leading arguments against the controversial measure.

Josh Zimmerman

Feeling the squeezeCommentsPremiumWorse than Diet Coke? New ratings hurt orange juice

Orange juice has lost its health halo, and is now officially considered less healthy than diet cola, angering farmers and juicers who say its true nutritional benefits are not being recognised.

Jenne Brammer

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The West Australian exclusive
Night time battleCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Scientists reveal the secret of getting kids to sleep

It is the question sleep-deprived parents everywhere find themselves desperately Googling: how do I make my child go to bed? Now, a new study looks at what works and what doesn’t at bedtime.

Kate Emery

NEW DISCOVERYPremiumNew bee discovery in Qld has scientists buzzing

A species of native bee not seen in nearly 100 years has been rediscovered after extensive searches along Australia’s east coast.

David Mills

Myths bustedCommentsPremiumCOVID-19: Sorting fact from fiction about the vaccine

Perth’s COVID-19 vaccine program will start this Monday and social media misinformation about its safety and efficacy is running rampant. Here, Jane Hansen sorts the fact from fiction about the jab.

Jane Hansen