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What really matters is domestic policy; if countries don’t change what they’re doing at home to bring fossil fuels emissions to zero and restore degraded lands, such declarations are meaningless.
Why is it so hard to disengage from daily case numbers? What should you do if, like a car crash, you can’t look away?
Our genomes are built from the tiny chromosomes of a small spineless creature that lived 684 million years ago.
Can we breed kelp and other keystone species to survive warming and marine heatwaves? These techniques have promise – but they’re not a silver bullet.
The quality of grit – passion and sustained persistence – is a useful predictor of burnout and exhaustion for doctors and maybe the rest of us too.
Over the past months (and in some cases, years), grandchildren will have grown and changed.
Wives were not a part of intellectual life – but sex workers were often seen as having captivating minds, as well as captivating bodies.
Sub-2% mortgages are a thing of the past. The Reserve Bank’s governor has signalled variable rates will rise sooner than previously expected, but says he doesn’t expect it in 2022.
Instead of blaming young people for eating too many avocado toast breakfasts, we need a better understanding of the economy and society they are growing up in.
A carbon tariff is a carbon tax applied to exports from countries such as Australian that don’t have one. Europe is planning to impose one.
This Australian climate policy gives cause for hope, but will it really lead to a well-adapted Australia?
With 95% of households in Afghanistan not consuming enough food and the economy on the brink of collapse, this is a perilous time for the children of the country.
New research shows gambling participation in Australia is dropping.
One million Australians quit their jobs in the past year, but there’s nothing new in that, and its down on previous years.
It’s unvaccinated people, not the vaccinated, who are most at risk when unvaccinated people are allowed in shops.
Wilam Biik (Home Country) at TarraWarra offers a different way to look at Country. Not by the roads we travel, but by the relationships embedded in it.
Here are four ways the current electricity system favours existing, higher emitting technologies. These must be overcome to rapidly cut Australia’s emissions.
New Zealand has announced a more ambitious pledge to cut emissions, but the commitment relies on buying credits from offshore. There is no system for doing this yet, or for ensuring genuine cuts.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called ‘pants-on-fire’ to prime minister Scott Morrison over his handling of the cancellation of the submarine deal with France
French President Emmanuel Macron has called Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison a liar on the world stage.
In the late 1990s, a mining company was planning to expand its Kakadu uranium mine into Jabiluka land. But the expansion ultimately failed, thanks to Yvonne Maragula and Jacqui Katona.
Two TV show have hit our screens coincidentally during the pandemic: dystopian thriller Y: The Last Man and black comedy Creamerie — both theorising a world entirely without men.
Battery electric cars are an ideal choice for light-duty and shorter commutes, but for long-haul trucks or buses, hydrogen fuel cells offer higher loads, shorter refuelling times and a longer range.
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest 20 countries failed to reach any major commitments on climate action, including a timeline to phase out fossil fuels.