History & Culture
Defining Moments in Australian History: Penicillin breakthrough
1945: Australian Howard Florey shares in Nobel Prize for developing penicillin.
Category: Science & Environment
Science & Environment
Conservation meets machine learning
Artificial intelligence is opening an exciting world of possibilities for saving species.
News
Do kangaroos form mothers groups?
The social lives of kangaroos are more complex than we thought.
News
Australia gives up on eradicating varroa mites
Beekeepers will switch to managing rather than eradicating the deadly varroa mite.
News
Bureau officially declares El Niño event
The weather bureau has declared an El Niño event, meaning severe heat this summer in Australia.
Science & Environment
Our war against dung
Exotic dung beetles were introduced to Australia to clear away huge quantities of livestock poo. The man who proposed the idea left a legacy greater than dung beetles.
News
UN grants Australia more time to avoid ‘in danger’ listing of Great Barrier Reef
The World Heritage Committee has given Australia more time to address major threats to the Great Barrier Reef and possibly avoid an in-danger listing.
News
Busting myrtle rust
Scientists have discovered a native guava tree that appears to be resistant to invasive myrtle rust.
Science & Environment
Damping the deafening din
Noise pollution in oceans has returned to the fore as an issue thanks to a recent United Nations report on this insidious threat to marine life.