News & events Opinion Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science. Stars, songlines and quoll spots: a Ngunnawal Night Tour at Mulligans Flat The Indigenous science and stories behind Mulligans Flat. Read the article - Any -Astronomy & AstrophysicsScience CommunicationPhysicsEarth & Marine SciencesEngineeringChemistryBiologyEnvironment & SustainabilityMathematics Mon, 20 Feb 2023 We found 29 threatened species are back from the brink in Australia. Here’s how New research has found 15 threatened mammal, eight bird, four frog, one reptile and one fish species have recovered enough that they no longer meet the criteria for listing as threatened. Read the article Mon, 13 Feb 2023 Goffin’s cockatoo named third species that carries toolsets around in preparation for future tasks In research published this week, researchers have shown Goffin’s cockatoos can take the next leap of logic beyond tool use, by carrying a set of tools they’ll need for a future task. Read the article Mon, 13 Feb 2023 Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change? A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of Moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth. Unfortunately, but also unsurprisingly, the story of Moon dust reflection isn’t as simple as it seems. Read the article Mon, 06 Feb 2023 200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. We must use Black Summer as an opportunity to learn – and make fundamental changes. Here are six lessons to heed. Read the article Fri, 03 Feb 2023 Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out To find out why black holes twinkle, researchers piggy-backed on NASA’s asteroid defence effort to watch more than 5,000 of the fastest-growing black holes in the sky for five years. Read the article Tue, 31 Jan 2023 Major publishers are banning ChatGPT from being listed as an academic author. What’s the big deal? The issue of AI authorship is now clearly on the minds of commercial academic publishers. Many have asked whether ChatGPT could be considered an academic author. Read the article Wed, 18 Jan 2023 Physicists have used entanglement to ‘stretch’ the uncertainty principle, improving quantum measurements New research published in Nature Physics, outlines a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers. This could prove useful in a huge range of next-generation technologies, including biomedical sensing, laser ranging and quantum communications. Read the article Thu, 12 Jan 2023 New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle Earth’s water cycle is clearly changing. Globally, the air is getting hotter and drier, which means droughts and risky fire conditions are developing faster and more frequently a new report on the global water cycle concludes. Read the article Sat, 07 Jan 2023 Climate change is leaving African elephants desperate for water The African savanna elephant is listed as endangered. If the situation doesn’t change, Africa – indeed, the world – may lose one of its most iconic animal species. Read the article Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »