Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed an A$207 [US$134.2] million commitment with the United States to support the “Landsat Next” satellite program. Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. The commitment means we ...
How Earth and the other planets of the solar system formed and evolved over the eons is a hot question for planetary scientists like me. One of the best ways to find out is by looking at rocks in space or meteorites on Earth. Getting the rocks is the hard part. Sending spacecraft to asteroids ...
TikTok’s owner is once again navigating troubled waters in the United States, where the US House of Representatives has issued an ultimatum: divest or face shutdown within six months. In Australia, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Senator James Paterson, the shadow home affairs spokesperson, want Canberra to follow suit. TikTok, owned by the Beijing-based tech ...
Australian consumers don’t understand how companies — including data brokers — track, target, and profile them. This is revealed in new research on consumer understanding of privacy terms, released by the non-profit Consumer Policy Research Centre and UNSW Sydney. Our report also reveals 70 percent of Australians feel they have little or no control over ...
Australia is known for its beautiful coastline and lively beach culture. The history and development of surf lifesaving are deeply rooted in the country’s sporting character. This piece details the history of this famous water sports movement, including its cultural significance, core values, and lasting legacy. Early origins and development As surf lifesaving grew and ...
The Australian Navy is set to be transformed. On top of existing plans for nuclear submarines, the government announced a scheme for an “enhanced lethality surface combatant fleet,” including six new “optionally crewed” vessels. The advantages of these vessels, which can operate with or without a crew, are clear. They can operate longer, with more ...
The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows, and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn’t always the case. Between 40 and 20 million years ago — during the Eocene to Miocene epochs — there was widespread volcano activity across eastern Australia. In places such as western Victoria ...
Australia can lay claim to two new native mammal species, which were discovered as part of our collaborative research published in the journal Molecular Ecology. Australia has some of the most unique biodiversity in the world, and our native mammals are particularly well known. For many, the iconic marsupials might be the first that come ...
When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms. Almost a century later, the toads are evolving and spreading across the Australian continent. ...
More than 380 million years ago, a sleek, air-breathing predatory fish patrolled the rivers of central Australia. Today, the sediments of those rivers are outcrops of red sandstone in the remote outback. Our new paper, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, describes the fossils of this fish, which we have named Harajicadectes zhumini. Known ...
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