Why did the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse? And, just as importantly, how might we make other bridges more safe against such collapse?
Mike McColl Jones began writing comedy in the early 1960s, and for the next 40 years worked continuously at the epicentre of the Australian entertainment industry through the golden age of television.
Despite Australia being under the influence of a strong El Niño, above-average sea-surface temperatures are fuelling multiple cyclones off the northeast Queensland coast.
A new study finds major holes in our ability to ensure the protection for conservation areas is maintained or improved.
Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia’s agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?
Medical faculties globally have been slow to recognise the training needs of the next generation of doctors regarding the health consequences of a heating planet.
Government reforms are fighting the tactics that have fed a cultural acceptability of vaping, and a mistaken belief it has insignificant health risks.
As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.
2023 was a watershed year for women’s reproductive rights in Australia, but the cost of contraception and abortion services remains too high.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reforms have been dealt a massive blow, with the Supreme Court effectively expanding its authority to oversee legislation, including basic laws.
A suite of tools is helping scientists “taste” the properties of Antarctica’s Southern Ocean to better-understand why more heat is seeping towards the icy continent.
The growing gulf between policy spaces and research communities in Indonesia has been apparent in recent years, as evidenced in the use of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to the enactment of new laws and regulation.
From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts.
COP28 will include the first dedicated “Health Day”. It’s due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis.
The deal is complex, and includes hostage-swaps and a dramatic increase in daily humanitarian aid and supplies. But is it also buying Hamas time to regroup?
Monash University’s Amelia Pearson has set sail with a team of scientists who want to find out why Earth’s strongest current is “leaking” more heat towards Antarctica.
A new forensic tool was instrumental in identifying a drowning victim whose remains had lain submerged for 94 years.
Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
A new report has found that electrifying the residential sector will result in cutting household energy costs, provide health benefits, and drive job creation.
As we wait for global leaders to convene and chart the future course for the world’s population of eight billion, we can take proactive steps to protect health from climate change through multifaceted and sustained efforts that transcend the confines of net zero.
These innocent insects have done little to deserve our scorn. In fact, they have surprisingly complex minds, and can play important ecological roles.
This new war with Israel will provide no solution to the deeply-rooted problems of Gaza. Instead, it’s destined to exacerbate the terrible situation of Gaza’s residents.
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