New research suggests devils are evolving rapidly in response to their highly lethal transmissible cancer, and that the devils could save themselves.
Australia’s coastal towns are already facing storms and erosion – problems that are set to get worse with rising seas.
Both the huge and tiny creatures that often inhabit islands show us that animal sizes are far from fixed.
Eradicating feral animals from islands can be expensive, but new research shows where to get the biggest bang for our buck.
IN AUSTRALIA ALONE, we already have firefighting robots that can be remotely driven into a hot zone; agricultural robots (such as the robot developed by Sydney’s Australian Centre for Field Robotics that can be seen in the video autonomously tackling weeds) that can spray, weed, prune, harvest and spot disease; domestic robots that scoot around our lounge-room… View Article
Astronomers have found an Earth-like planet orbiting our nearest neighbour, the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. So any chance that planet may be habitable?
Rainbows don’t only form in sunlight – they can be created by lunar light, and they even appear on the surface of other worlds.
Fear leads the public conversation on robots in the workforce, as people grow anxious about their jobs being lost to machines that can operate with super-human levels of efficiency. Yet, in the farming, medical, automotive and freighting industries, robots are already invaluable workers. Read more about how robots are aiding Australia’s workplaces and what it means for Australia’s future in AG#134, out now.
The ancient and fascinating story of Australia’s eucalypts.
Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ already looks out of reach, so where do we go from here?