Many Australians will have been reading up recently on whether they are likely to be among the 1.5 million reported to be at risk of sea level rise or the 190% increase in heat-related deaths in Sydney.
Environment
Oct 3, 2025
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New research shows that populations of dozens of waterbird and seabird species have been declining for much longer than previously thought in Europe. The article "Shifting the baseline for waterbird and seabird conservation ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2025
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If 2022 was the year OpenAI knocked our world off course with the launch of ChatGPT, 2025 will be remembered for the frenzied embrace of AI as the solution to everything. And, yes, this includes teaching and schoolwork.
Education
Sep 30, 2025
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An international workshop of scientists, regulators, and industry experts led by Prof Ivana Barbaric convened to address the risks of genetic mutations in stem cell therapy.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2025
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Australia's worrying future under climate change was laid bare last week when the first National Climate Risk Assessment was released. It revealed extreme heat, fires, floods, droughts and coastal inundation already threatens ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2025
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"Trust in science is collapsing"—that's the alarm we often hear. It's not surprising, then, that recent years have seen major efforts to study the phenomenon and its dynamics in the general population. Far less attention, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2025
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is wrecking havoc on university assessments and exams.
Education
Sep 17, 2025
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2024 was the hottest year, within the hottest decade, since we have kept these records. How these consecutive, extreme heat years will impact the survival of species across the globe is an immense and pressing question that ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2025
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New research shows that Australia is lagging well behind Europe when it comes to digitized border control, adopting a "staggering" level of secrecy that is threatening individual democratic rights.
Political science
Sep 11, 2025
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One of the ways that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) earn their "forever chemical" nickname and persist in the environment is their acidity.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 4, 2025
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