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Fish grow more slowly when the sea gets too warm, new research has found. The study examined how a south-east Australian…
Yesterday, April 11, should be remembered as the day the Australian science community agreed to change. Specifically, it agreed to change the way we work to enable women to fully participate, and to prevent…
Recently released genetic research is helping scientists better understand how Australian birds evolved. The researchers…
FOOD SECURITY - With a global population tipped to exceed 9.2 billion by 2050, the security of the world’s food supplies is more fraught now than ever. But can we do more to protect the food we have? While…
A prolonged period of hotter-than-average temperatures in the crater lake of New Zealand’s Mt Ruapehu has seen the country’s media questioning whether another eruption is on the cards. Mt Ruapehu (Māori…
FOOD SECURITY - Here’s how things stand. More than 500 million farmers produce crops and livestock that can feed nearly 7 billion people, and yet 1 billion still go hungry. It’s estimated that the world’s…
GREENHOUSE 2011 - A climate science research program generating unprecedented volumes of data is about to venture deeper…
The Australian climate is being predicted by CSIRO scientists. The research will produce projections about Australia’s future…
GREENHOUSE 2011 - People’s belief or scepticism when it comes to climate change may not be as important as we think. What matters is how we behave. A lot of fuss has been made about whether people believe…
Research shows that Murray-Darling environmental flows need to go up if the river system’s terminal wetlands are to survive…
Deciding where to take conservation action along Queensland’s rivers is getting harder as human populations increase and…
The big picture Australia’s plan for a National Broadband Network (NBN) represents one of the largest infrastructure projects in the world at present. The estimated $43 billion price tag has stirred up…
Climate change is one of the greatest ecological, economic, and social challenges facing us today. The scientific evidence that human activities are contributing to climate change is compelling, and yet…
In February this year, game shows got that little bit harder. And at the same time, artificial intelligence took another step towards the ultimate goal of creating and perhaps exceeding human-level intelligence…
Most people think climate change is happening, but there is a lack of consensus on its cause, according to a survey of 5000…
Marine scientists from five research agencies have pooled their skills and resources to compile a directory of life on Australia’s…
Australian scientists are undertaking a 12-month flying fox surveillance program in a bid to learn more about the interaction…
Farmers may soon be able to choose the sex of their livestock to increase productivity. CSIRO researchers are investigating…
The mosquito and the house fly could be closer ancestors than first thought, a collaborative research effort has found. The…
Understanding how climate change could impact on the deterioration of the basic building block of much of Australia’s infrastructure…








