AG Blog
Ask an expert: Water on earth increasing?
A reader wants to know whether fossil fuel burning has increased the planet’s water stores.
On This Day
On this day: SA gives women the vote
South Australia led the way, becoming the first colony to give women the vote.
AG Blog
Ask an expert: Why do whales jump?
Our latest reader question delves into the world of whale acrobatics.
History & Culture
On this day: William Buckley
Over 200 years ago on this day, William Buckley’s unlikely emergence spawned the phrase: ‘Buckley’s chance’.
On This Day
On this day: Australia’s first amateur satellite
Sticky-tape and bed springs made us the second country to send an amateur satellite into space.
AG Blog
Aussie married couple summit Everest
This married couple have survived cancer and now they’ve survived the climb up the world’s highest mountain. Read about their journey here.
On This Day
On this day: Dick Smith’s around-the-world solo flight
27 years ago, Dick Smith completed his extraordinary solo around-the-world helicopter flight.
On This Day
On this day: A mighty dust storm rolls into Melbourne
Who could forget the heavy rolling cloud of dust that enveloped Melbourne in 1983.
AG Blog
Audio: Cane toads in Broome and Sydney
A colony of 250 cane toads has been found breeding at Taren Point in Sydney’s south.