Science & Environment
Aussies win Ig Nobel Awards 2015
Research proving the universality of the word ‘huh?’ and another that partially unboiled an egg win two funny-study gongs this year
Science & Environment
Citizens science: using the power of the masses
Everyday Australians are at the forefront of discovery, thanks to a variety of inspiring, home-grown science projects
Photography
Night sky photos: a selection of the best reader images
In AG #126 we invited you to submit your best night sky shots. We received hundreds of wonderful images, and here are a selection of the best.
Science & Environment
Australian inventors: Alan Walsh redefines chemical analysis
From a eureka moment in the garden to an Australian innovation that launched a multi-million dollar industry
Science & Environment
Australia’s Nobel Prize winners
From discovering the universe is expanding increasingly rapidly to experimenting on themselves with bacteria cocktails, these are our Nobel Laureates
Science & Environment
Deadly shark attacks in Australia: a timeline
Just over a quarter of all shark attacks in Australia are fatal.
Science & Environment
Pluto revealed: What to expect of the New Horizons fly-by
The mission and why our first real look at Pluto might help explain the mysterious icy ‘doughnut’ around our Solar System.
Biodiversity
Innovative program helps reef and unemployed
An innovative new program is helping to solve youth unemployment and a thorny Great Barrier Reef pest
Science & Environment
VIDEO: Australia’s largest river red gum forest
Roughly 200km north of Melbourne, the Barmah-Millewa Forest forms the largest stand of river red gums in the world.
Science & Environment
Forensics: inside the bone lab
We head inside a new mitochondrial DNA bone lab to find out how this new technique is solving old crimes