The ​​2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes – dubbed the ‘Science Oscars’ – have been awarded, with 19 individuals/teams recognised across various research fields. You can read up on all of them here, but one to call out is Professor Peter Banks and his team’s win for developing something called “olfactory misinformation” to reduce the impact pest animals have on our flora and fauna. It works by using odours that smell like the invaders’ foods to steer them away from things like grain crops, seedlings and nesting birds. Banks reckons the idea was planted when he watched mice escaping from predators by “peeing everywhere” to throw them off their scent. The technique rules out the need for toxic poisons, and the plan is to work with the CSIRO to help farmers deploy it. Smells like a win…