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Male and female scientists taking soil samples from a remote landscape showing a helicopter in the background

Golden soils and wealth from toil

Finding gold requires luck and hard work. Now luck is being delivered by science as new sampling techniques and analysis reduce the guesswork to help prospectors pinpoint gold targets more precisely.

Sooty and crested terns nesting on Taylor sand cay (with eggs and chicks).

What do Aussies think about the Great Barrier Reef?

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef attracts nearly two million tourists every year and it runs for 2300km down the east […]

Getting to the guts of bowel cancer

While Australia has one of the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, it’s not all bad news. If […]