Science
Conservationists slam marine park changes
The Turnbull government has elected to make changes to Australia’s marine parks, slashing designated areas in the Coral Sea. Several conservation......
A preview of a new museum taking us to the edge of research
Due to open in Adelaide in May, MOD is a museum of discovery designed to enthral and engage young people......
Most Indigenous Languages come from a single Gulf group
A new study has found that the majority of Indigenous languages developed from a single language family around 5000 years......
Will recent discovery unlock our understanding of dark matter?
Astronomers in outback Western Australia have detected radio signatures dating back to the birth of the first stars in the......
Should the Emissions Reduction Fund be refilled?
The Emissions Reduction Fund has almost run out and experts are questioning whether it should be refilled. The voluntary scheme......
Citizen Science in South Africa
Suvarna Parbhoo, manager of the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers programme in South Africa discusses how ordinary people in......
Using people power to study microbats
Microbats are a rarely seen part of Australian wildlife, making them difficult to research. The Natural Resources agency for SA......
The world’s ‘loneliest tree’ could help define the Anthropocene
Marked changes in the Earth’s environment suggest the planet has entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. There is diversity......
The app sending gamers out into nature
Questagame is using the fun of mobile games to collect environmental data on a massive scale. Players young and old are......
A scientific breakthrough with photons
Researchers at MIT have found a way to make three photons interact with each other, creating a new form of......