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When accidents happen we need to look at the real cause of why things went wrong instead of just looking for someone to blame.
Are you one of those people who can smell when the rain is coming? Ever wondered then what you’re actually smelling?
Avoiding the metadata retention laws and sending messages entirely privately is harder than it might seem.
The new legislation forcing telcos and internet companies to store your metadata for two years creates a new set of secuirty risks.
A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.
Wars and atoms have, as it were, a conjugated history. On the eve of the second world war, physicists Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd wrote a letter to President Franklin D Roosevelt to inform him of the…
The Future Fellowships scheme is a great success. Scrapping it would hurt Australia’s future as a smart nation.
The best observations yet of a mysterious gas cloud that was heading for the black hole at the hear of our Milky Way reveal it may have more stellar origins.
A science centre in Western Sydney would help young people engage with science and promote STEM in Sydney’s fastest growing region.
Christopher Pyne’s proposed cuts to ARC Future Fellowships will have devastating ripple effects well beyond those researchers who will miss out on research funding.
In light of another tragic airline crash, it’s natural to ask whether air travel is becoming less safe. In fact, air travel is safer than at almost any point in history.
Scrapping the ARC Future Fellowships scheme would have a significant impact on the Australian research community, with knock-on effects for innovation, the economy, and society at large.
The mountainous terrain of the crash site of Germanwings flight 4U9525 will be a challenge for recovering the 150 people killed in the accident.
The European Alps where Flight 4U 9525 crashed – killing 150 onboard – are known by pilots to be a hazardous place. Just one of many things a pilot must consider during any air emergency.
Science matters and is important for Australia’s future but there is evidence mounting that we are falling behind the rest of the world.
The Bellinger River Snapping Turtle is under threat of extinction, and it suggests something very wrong with the whole ecosystem.
With cybercrime estimated to cost the global economy upwards of US$400 billion a year – and expected to rise – what are the challenges to beating the criminals?
Women play an increasing role in science today but there are still some barriers that can prevent them from reaching more senior positions.
A new light in the southern night sky is thought to be an exploding star. It comes as astronomers reveal an ancient nova explosion is now thought to have been two stars colliding.
Encryption has come a long way since the days of Sparta and Rome, but it’s still not 100% secure.
Europe is famously tesselated, with different cultural and language groups clustering in different regions. But how did they all get there? And how are they related?
There are still unanswered questions about the data retention bill, but it’s now too late to get answers before it is passed into law.
The humble sparrow represents a conduit to nature for many, and its wellbeing is connected to ours. That’s reason enough to celebrate World Sparrow Day.
The Abbott government’s efforts to amend its data retention bill amid concerns about journalists protecting their sources is still a worry. And others should be concerned too, including MP.