Science & Environment
Smart Devices A Futile Fad or Future?
Monday, September 24 2018
Is a smart home, controlled with just your phone a dream or nightmare for you? Well we have smart fridges,......
Scientists successfully map the genome of the Cane Toad
Friday, September 21 2018
Following its introduction into Queensland in 1935 to help control cane beetles, the Cane Toad has become an environmental problem......
First in the field: a new kind of veterinary hospital
Thursday, September 20 2018
Emergency services in South Australia have a new resource at their disposal, an inflatable veterinary hospital. The 6 by 9......
Kimberley rock art research uncovering Australia’s long history
Thursday, September 20 2018
Over the past two decades Kimberley Foundation Australia has been supporting research into the tens of thousands of rock art......
Thirsty Adani gets the OK on water
Wednesday, September 19 2018
Coal giant Adani is avoiding environmental oversight of its planned access to a massive 1.25 billion litres of water. The......
Our disappearing wild animals
Wednesday, September 19 2018
By 2020 the number of wild animals on the earth will have dropped to less than third of the number......
WA Fracking moratorium to end?
Tuesday, September 18 2018
A team of climate scientists have demanded an end to fracking in Western Australia earlier this morning. The calls come......
Puppy in training to sniff down elusive owls
Monday, September 17 2018
The Masked Owl is the second largest nocturnal bird in Australia, and notoriously elusive. There’s a dearth of research on......
Typhoon Mangkhut Tears Through Southern China
Monday, September 17 2018
A Category 5 storm with wind speeds above 250km/h torn through Hong Kong, leaving trees, floods and destruction across southern......
Australia will not make its 2030 emissions reduction target
Friday, September 14 2018
According to a new report done by Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Australia is not going to meet its carbon emissions......