Saving the koala

Koalas are an endangered species in NSW, ACT and Queensland but remain abundant in some parts of South Australia and Victoria, and Flinders University researchers now assessing whether their success in southern Australia can help save the species elsewhere.

Can I help you with that?

Chatbots cut costs for firms online, but often infuriate their unfortunate customers.

Clive of Australia

Clive Hamilton is a strong critic of modern materialism, an advocate of radical climate action and a brave voice against the threat of China.

ADHDownside

Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have soared in recent years, but there’s no evidence it helps the affected children.

Protecting soil could save the Earth

A new international study has identified global hotspots for soil conservation to minimise adverse impacts on ecosystems in a rapidly changing global climate.

The star caught in a spider’s web

A bizarre image of the distant star known as WR140 surrounded by concentric geometric ripples, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in July, is – unfortunately – not an alien megastructure.

How to thrive

A new documentary tests the power of positive psychology to help people with moderate-to-severe mental illness.

Russia’s aggression drives its allies away

Russia’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine is straining its relations with former Soviet states which have problems of their own and show no wish to be drawn into the conflict.

Action at a distance

The fascinating story of the ways philosophy have turned into physics and reality has been reframed as information.

The art of engineering

Could the interface between art and science be more than just a source of inspiration and instead be used to unlock new scientific approaches?

Extinctions should go extinct

James Trezise, the Conservation Director of the Invasive Species Council, has welcomed the government’s announcement that Australia is adopting a zero extinction target as part of its Threatened Species Action Plan.

Welcome to the world’s next supercontinent

Just in case you were running out of things to worry about, researchers are now predicting the Pacific Ocean is going to disappear – but not for another 230 million years or so.