A new optical ground station launched by The Australian National University (ANU) will help NASA and other major space agencies safely reach Mars.

Science communicators are not evangelists for the science-only worldview of scientism. Many science communicators think very deeply about what values matter to people, and how to reach their audiences.

What happens to all those stories which start with the promise of an exciting new scientific breakthrough, but don’t end that way?

This week, the Senate is debating changes to Australia’s most important water laws. These changes seek to rescue the ailing A$13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan to improve the health of our nation’s largest river system.

Marine animals across the world and land animals living in tropical climates are being pushed to their physiological limits as they struggle to adapt to rising temperatures sparked by human-caused climate change.

Colombian scientist Professor Luis Miguel Renjifo fills us in on his 40-year-long career in bird conservation.

We asked Associate Professor Pierre Portal from ANU Mathematical Sciences Institute to describe why the blackboard is such an integral part of his working life, and the enjoyment of mathematics.

The remarkable ability of mangrove forests to remember recent droughts could leave them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

When I enrolled in my science degree at ANU, I was sure I wanted to focus just on chemistry. Then, when it came time to choose my courses, I scrolled through my options and saw there was so much more to science than I ever realised.