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A warning for wine-lovers: climate change is messing with your favourite tipple’s timing

While the much-derided “latte set” are stereotyped as the biggest worriers about climate change, it’s the chardonnay crowd who are acutely feeling its effects.

Environment

Faster food is all about the TraNSIT

Like your food? Reducing transport costs for the agricultural community can benefit all of us.

Environment

Here are seven things to know about tropical cyclones

But as Queensland and the Northern Territory respond to Tropical Cyclone Trevor, and Western Australia to Tropical Cyclone Veronica, we’ve got some answers to a few questions you may have about cyclones.

Environment

Dealing with ants, cockroaches and flies around house without chemical sprays

Do you freak out if you spot critters scuttling across the kitchen floor? Before you reach for the insecticide spray, let us tell you about another way ...

Space
Tech

When in Rome: radio astronomy gets a global boost

Governments from around the world have committed to building and operating an impressive new instrument for understanding the Universe – the Square Kilometre Array.

Environment

Sniffing out solutions: Detection dogs are helping threatened species

Detection dogs are being trained to help threatened species like koalas. Our Atlas of Living Australia team is creating surveys and handling the doggy data.

FindHer: How to find female research experts

Australia’s directory of research experts can now be filtered to find female experts in any field. Powered by CSIRO, over 4,500 women have been profiled so far.

Seafaring superstars: Six women shining on our national science ship

Meet six women working aboard our research vessel, Investigator. From a doctor to a biological oceanographer to a ship's captain, these women are ferry impressive ambassadors for STEMM.

About Us

SAGE advice from a scientist helping to fix science

Dr Megan Osmond shares her thoughts and experiences as a woman in science who's stepped away from the lab to help fix science for future generations.

Environment

Our favourite photos of your backyard beauties

We asked for your best nature photos, and you delivered! We've chosen six of our favourite shots, including a slender snake and a bejewelled beetle ...

Using technology to better understand our Antarctic marine life

How do you measure data in such a large area for two species in a short amount of time? A team of scientists have used innovative technology to uncover the distribution of endangered blue whales and krill.

Environment

The human realm: the moving finale of Magical Land of Oz

The fish, the fox and the penguin: three of the weird and wonderful species from the final episode of Magical Land of Oz.