Taking the city’s pulse: we need to link urban vitality back to the planet
Jun 08, 2016 05:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Back in the 1960s, the influential urban planner and journalist Jane Jacobs put American cities under the microscope. Jacobs was aiming to explain, and suggest ways of remedying, the hollowing out, or doughnut effect,...
How to stop vampire bats wreaking havoc (no stakes or garlic required)
Jun 08, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Nature
During the darkest hours of the night, they fly and hunt for prey. They live in caves and ruined buildings and have to drink blood every night to survive. They can bite with their fangs without you even noticing. No wonder...
Flood deaths are avoidable: don't go in the water
Jun 07, 2016 08:25 am UTC| Nature
The flooding rains that have drenched eastern Australia have tragically left several people dead and several more missing in New South Wales and Tasmania. This is an all-too-common story flooding rains are a major cause...
Massive storms are pumping pollution into our oceans: time to clean up our cities
Jun 07, 2016 08:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The massive storms that have lashed Australias east coast over the past few days are not just a threat to lives and property, but also to our marine wildlife. The increasing urbanisation of our coastlines, and...
Solved mystery of the deep-sea mushroom just raises new questions
Jun 07, 2016 08:01 am UTC| Nature
Its not often scientists suggest theyve found an entirely new group of animals, something so different that they cant be considered as belonging to one of the main groups, such as shellfish, insects, worms, jellyfish,...
Sydney's wild weather shows home-owners are increasingly at risk
Jun 07, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Eastern Australias wild weather has left coastal homes teetering on the brink of collapse, and has eroded beaches by up to 50m in parts of Sydney. Now the attention turns to the clean-up. There are several legal issues...
How the event that killed off the dinosaurs wiped out life in Antarctica
Jun 02, 2016 09:55 am UTC| Nature
The CretaceousPaleogene mass extinction 66m years ago was the most recent of five similar crises to have devastated life on Earth over the last 540m years. It rapidly killed off an estimated 76% of species around the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects