A bright energy future in Australia depends on greater policy agreement between all political parties, Ken Baldwin writes.

You’re in a forest of the tallest flowering trees in the world, surrounding an ancient volcano. Sparkling waterfalls topple over its rim, against a backdrop of rocky, jagged peaks.

Scientists made headlines around the world earlier this year when they confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.

A new national centre to research cognitive health, to be based at ANU, has been launched to help Australian researchers work to prevent cognitive decline.

When Mae Noble was working on coral reef ecology in the sunny Caribbean, she probably didn’t foresee a future where she’d be snorkeling in the freezing Murray-Darling Basin, looking for endangered crayfish.

Two volunteer astronomers have had a galaxy cluster named after them after finding the galaxy in an international citizen science project co-led by ANU.

Researchers from around Australia testing satellites at the ANU Mount Stromlo ahead of a mass satellite launch from the International Space Station later this year.

A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to share similar traits, shedding new light on how the reptiles evolved.

Don’t get us wrong, you can learn a lot about environment management on campus. But getting your hands dirty at the National Arboretum Canberra gives you a whole new perspective.