History & Culture Beetle mania …containing 6000 specimens – which he will donate to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. He hopes the collection will not only ignite in younger generations the fire that’s burned…
News World’s tallest flowering plant more fire-proof than thought …enough to shield the base from low intensity bushfires that only burn the understorey. The new study also found that this protective ‘skirt’ only develops late in life, making younger…
News Bird rock art could be world's oldest …Some rock art specialists strongly suspect that the painting is younger. The oldest pigment found on a rock anywhere in Australia is 28,000 years old, but the image is so…
News Aussie amateur spots Jupiter impact …of people into astronomy. So maybe this will bring some younger people into it again.” He says amateur astronomers are playing an increasingly vital part in space discovery. “Every night…
History & Culture Green skin: Australia's indigenous army …closely with the unit and want Norforce to sign up more indigenous members; men serving in Norforce are an inspiration to younger people in Aboriginal communities. Soldiers can serve up…
Adventure In the footsteps of Genghis Khan …from the nomads about the transience of life; I came appreciate the Kazakh saying: Mountains never meet, but people do. Returning to Ukraine and leaving my two younger brothers and…
News Canning Stock Route: the Aboriginal story …stockmen and other interactions with ‘white fellas’ during the early days of the stock route, while others are interpretations by younger artists. Canning stock route the world’s longest Surveyor Alfred…
News 90+ Australia's fastest growing age group …can alleviate this isolation, such as encouraging younger people to volunteer in roles assisting older Australians, which promotes inter-age mixing, as well as developing men’s groups to aid their continuing…
History & Culture Living the traditional Aboriginal life …No mineral.” Elders like Nyerri pass on ancient rituals, knowledge and laws to the younger Martu. Curtis sums up the contradictions for young Martu living in the whirlwind of the…
Science & Environment Saving Australia's biodiversity …piles of dead species that will litter the wayside of the future if we stick with current strategies. “I don’t want Australians, particularly the younger generation, to feel so depressed…