Opinion
Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science.
Read the latest opinion articles inspired by science.
What exactly are ‘forever chemicals’ – and can we move beyond them?
What types of chemicals are actually considered “forever chemicals”? And how should we deal with the escalating threat they pose?
Read the articleThe 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.
Achieving a radically different tomorrow will require more than a purely technocratic approach. So now, imagine you are in the year 2050...
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.
Trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change over time?
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.
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.
Saving endangered species from extinction is a challenging job that requires creative, affordable and effective interventions. In a rare good news story for conservation, we came up with one such method.
From an effigy hanging from a noose to an angry opponent wielding scissors, those who've sought to protect the precious Australian Alps have always been up against it.
We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.