History & Culture
Why (most) Aussies love daylight saving
Daylight saving has 80 per cent support in Australia and a majority in every state.
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History & Culture
Around Australia Air Centenary: Michael Smith’s solo circumnavigation of the country
Michael Smith is embarking on a high-flying marathon – recreating the legendary journey that became part of Australia’s avaiation history a century ago.
News
Who invented the flat white?
Australia’s coffee culture – a source of great national pride – is usually associated with the wave of Greek and Italian migrants who settled in Melbourne and Sydney following the second world war. But it was very likely in regional Queensland that one of Australia’s favourite brews first took root.
Nature & Wildlife
Electric cars could soon be cheaper as a battery price war begins
The main cost of an electric vehicle (EV) is its battery. The high cost of energy-dense batteries has meant EVs have long been more expensive than their fossil fuel equivalents.
Nature & Wildlife
Out of this world: Australia’s $207 million commitment to space
The federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States to support “Landsat Next”.
News
The breakfast club
For six days last autumn, a ragtag band of walkers came together to tackle the famed Overland Track and explore central Tasmania’s spectacular flora, from the tiniest fungus to its towering King Billy pines.
News
‘The ghost has taken the spirit of the Moon’: how Torres Strait Islanders predict eclipses
It’s eclipse season. The Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned so it’s possible for the Earth and Moon to cast each other into shadow.
Nature & Wildlife
Pythons found to be highly-sustainable food source
Pythons are a low-emission, climate-resilient food source, converting feed to protein better than chickens or cattle, new research has found.
News
Could island life save Australia’s most endangered?
Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks.
History & Culture
Discovering a botanical Pompeii
The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn’t always the case.