Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science.

Atlas moth on leaves

Saving species starts at home: how you can help Australia’s 1,000 threatened invertebrates

Sadly, almost 1,000 Australian invertebrates are threatened with extinction and need protecting.

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Aerial view of University Avenue showing buildings and trees.
Tue, 10 Nov 2020

Marie Curie overcame innumerable obstacles, and in the process has become a role model. But does the latest film version of her life do her story justice?

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University campus showing building, trees and sculpture of giant silver ball.
Mon, 09 Nov 2020

Science communication succeeds when it takes community knowledge seriously, works with other belief systems, and expects researchers to contribute to society.

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Aerial view of Canberra showing buildings and shine dome.
Thu, 22 Oct 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how much modern societies are governed by statistics. Despite their objective appearance, these numbers gain their strength from very human relationships.

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Thu, 22 Oct 2020

Young Canberra Citizen of the Year, Rosemary Clifford, shares with us her mental health journey.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings and ovals.
Tue, 13 Oct 2020

Achieving a radically different tomorrow will require more than a purely technocratic approach. So now, imagine you are in the year 2050...

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Modern building on University campus
Tue, 13 Oct 2020

To fully understand why droughts begin, persist and end, we need to answer the question: where does Australia’s rainfall come from? It may seem basic, but the answer isn't so simple.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, and looking towards Canberra city..
Thu, 08 Oct 2020

Trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change over time?

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Mon, 21 Sep 2020

It’s now more critical than ever that the people who are actually knowledgeable about the world’s crises speak out and represent that knowledge in public.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings and ovals.
Thu, 27 Aug 2020

Researchers have collated measurements made by satellites, field sensors and people, to get a picture of the nature's recovery while we've been in lockdown.

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