Science
Horticulture grows in Brisbane
Brisbane hosts the 2014 International Horticulture Congress, with a wide variety of scientific topics about fruits, vegetables, water, among others.......
Is testing on animals all bad?
Non-profit organisation Humane Research Australia has capitalised on the successful Ice Bucket Challenge – in support of research for neurodegenerative......
Steering the debate towards robot ethics
A world where robots cater to our every whim may still be a futuristic dream, but they may soon be......
Even a Supermoon has a Dark Side
Today we have a Supermoon – a term really used by astrologers and not astronomers, that you can see best......
Queensland’s Wild Rivers now up for grabs
Since 2005 the Queensland river systems have been protected under the Wild Rivers Act. The state government however, has now......
Art sends conservation messages
Science and art often seem to be at opposing ends of the discussion. But the Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize......
What an East Timorese activist can teach Australian farmers
Faced with pressure from first Indonesia, then aid organisations and finally the new East Timorese government to modernise farming practices,......
Queensland Scientists in Pursuit of Lost Aboriginal Burial Ground
Scientists are heading to Fraser Island to use radar to search for the remains of over 100 Aboriginal people. But......
Consideration of water left out of carbon cutting projects
Water usage has been neglected in our evaluation of carbon cutting strategies, say researchers. They’re trying to fill in the......
Nuclear optimists work towards the future
Nuclear energy is not the best investment option in town these days , with prices down and the shadow of......