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Red Handfish on the Brink of Extinction

Handfish are considered to be the most threatened family of marine bony fish on the planet – of all those that have...

A Billion Trees Promised, Not One Planted

Media release – Brian Mitchell MP, Federal Labor Member for Lyons, 23 September 2020 NOT ONE TREE OF 1 BILLION TREES PROMISE...

Making Indoor Spaces COVID-19 Safe

EXPERT REACTION: Australia’s Plain Tobacco Packaging

Plain packaging for tobacco in Australia may not have had the desired effects of encouraging smokers to quit and discouraging new smokers...

Emissions Could Add 38cm to 2100 Sea Level Rise

A NASA-led effort indicates that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could substantially contribute to global sea...

Decolonising Cook in Art, Performance and Text

In the grand narrative of white Australia, James Cook’s landing on Dharawal Country 250 years ago is heralded as the point at...

Why Some Artificial Intelligence is Smart until it’s Unintelligent

Machine learning has found uses in fields as diverse as particle physics and radiology, and its influence is growing. But so is...

Australian Wins Ig Nobel for Worm Woofer Work

Vibrating a slightly inebriated earthworm on a sub-woofer speaker in a rural Victorian backyard shed hashelped to land Australia one of the...

Tas Students Getting Stuck Into Science Challenge

Aspiring scientists and engineers are testing their skill and innovation in a state-wide competition that kicked off in Hobart on Tuesday. The...

Reshaping Streets in Response to COVID-19

An expert panel discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our relationship to city streets and public places.