The energy stored in an atom can be released in two main ways: fission or fusion. Nuclear physicist, Professor Matthew Hole explains the difference between the two.

What will the AI transformation really mean for science?

Since colonisation cultural burning in the Great Sandy Desert ended. Now the work of caring for desert country (pirra) with fire (jungku, or warlu) has begun again.

Everybody wants to start a podcast these days – even AI. What does this mean for the future of science communication?

What can we learn from the Joker character about our cultural fascination with duplication and disintegration?

Much mystery still surrounds Pluto and its moons. But in new research published in Nature Communications researchers announced they’ve found carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.

For many years, scientists have been working with Indigenous people in the desert to record these observations in a systematic way. New research collates this data.

Discussions about the rules governing genetic technology in New Zealand remain complex. But they need not be marked by conflict, as long as people’s views and values are genuinely considered.

Society says time is money; but ANU physicist Peter Riggs says aspects of time might not even be real at all.