Science
Bird counting – a hoot for citizen scientists
Everybirdy is tweeting about National Bird Week, but how can you join in with the rest of the flock? Anyone......
How our coral reefs are fighting climate change
More than one quarter of the world’s coral reefs are damaged beyond repair with another two-thirds under serious threat. Mining,......
Victory for breast cancer detection and research
The Australian High Court delivered a big win for Australian women and genetic researchers this morning ruling that the breast......
The Australian Rhino Project
Despite continued conservation efforts, illegal poaching in South Africa has driven the Black and While Rhinoceros population to the brink......
South Australia’s driver-less cars
By as early as 2017 you could be driving next to a ‘driver-less car’. Today, the South Australia introduced legislation......
Communicating climate science
Documents released today reveal the Abbott government considered launching an investigation into the Bureau of Meteorology for allegedly producing inaccurate......
Indigenous site taken off heritage register
Despite showing more than 2,000 artefacts when surveyed in the seventies, an Indigenous site in Western Australian has been taken......
Experts say fracking not so scary
Communities around the country have rejected unconventional gas, fearing water and land contamination, earth tremors, and social consequences. At a......
Climate change threatening our national security
Climate change is a significant security threat putting pressure on the Australian Defense Force – this is what the latest......
The man playing with your food says GM is safe
A new kind of food fight is happening. Genetically modified organisms are hotly debated, but they could be the solution......