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Geospatial data offers a powerful new way to see the world. But these high-tech images can be misleading or incomplete.

Politicians of all persuasions often claim they need little sleep to lead their nations. Thatcher, Hawke, Abbott, Rudd, Berlusconi and Clinton are all examples of this “on the job 24 hours per day” club…

Before the Fukushima reactor was swamped by a tsunami, there had been a wave of enthusiasm for nuclear power. The problems in Japan have probably ended the risk of Australia going down the nuclear path…

For just ten years Antarctica was home to a nuclear power station called “Nukey Poo”.

New York writer Don DeLillo’s 2003 novella Cosmopolis has been adapted into a blockbuster film by David Cronenberg, to be released in Australia today. The film, with an all-star cast including Robert Pattinson…

These days, social media and online apps have become a major source of disaster information and warnings. But how much can we trust them? Today, more than 82% of Australians use the internet and 76% can…

In his address to federal parliament, the Ukrainian president asked Australia to do more to support his country against the Russian invasion.

Overseas research says putting the clock forward hurts the financial markets. But not in Australia, according to a real-world study along the Queensland-NSW border.

With evidence mounting of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, what options beyond trade sanctions should New Zealand now consider?

Leaded petrol hasn’t been used since 2002, but new research found traces of it end up back in the air after bushfires.