Pumped hydro and batteries can easily provide all the storage needed for 100% renewable electricity generation, eliminating the need for polluting gas power plants.
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.
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.
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.