A puzzle in the infant universe
If astronomers ever needed something to gloat about with scientific colleagues in other fields, their ability to look directly backwards in time is an obvious candidate.
If astronomers ever needed something to gloat about with scientific colleagues in other fields, their ability to look directly backwards in time is an obvious candidate.
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.
The Great Victoria Desert, Australia’s largest, defies expectations. Visibly rich in biodiversity, it challenges preconceptions about how a desert should look.
This year marks 40 years since the shocking truth about British nuclear testing in remote Australia was exposed by the McClelland Royal Commission.
After 10 years of work, the largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a remarkably clear picture of the bird family tree.
In Australia’s largest estuary, humble seagrass is the thin green line between safety and heavy-metal contamination.
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.
The federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States to support “Landsat Next”.
A wild, free childhood in coastal Sydney proved to be perfect grounding for this internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning natural-history filmmaker.