Galahs are the pink and grey cockatoos that are one of the most familiar of all Australian birds. They’ve been at the centre of a curious debate: what should their scientific name really be?
Since we might not be ready to eat insects ourselves, could we instead feed insects to our farmed animals to feed our growing population?
We're turbocharging the world's largest telescope with a 19-beam receiver, made and built by our engineers.
There are at least 100,000 unnamed insect species in Australia. These unknown elements of biodiversity represent an almost completely untapped opportunity and resource.
Despite our technological limitations, it is not impossible for some aspects of communication to be emulated by a machine with surprising effect.
As we predicted two months ago, the background atmospheric carbon dioxide levels measured at Cape Grim on Tasmania’s northwest coast have officially passed the 400 parts per million mark.
Human activities have driven the Earth to become greener - perhaps the strongest evidence yet of how people have become a major force in the Earth’s functioning.
Tourists and locals alike enjoyed clear, warm days over summer – but these conditions came at a cost, priming Tasmania for damaging bushfires.
Lethal autonomous weapons could create an arms race - leaving us with a dystopian future where human fights machine.
For the first time, we show that sea-level rise in the late 20th century is predominantly caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
In some contexts, agricultural land can be more valuable when left intact with all its biodiversity. The pathways to these contexts are manifold and challenging.
Eating less meat isn't the only solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
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