Four threats to global food security and what we can do about them

Sep 21, 2016 17:26 pm UTC| Nature

Can we really feed nine billion people? Thats the estimated global population in the year 2050. It should be possible, but things are looking tricky especially when we also factor in the climatic instability caused by...

Invasive predators are eating the world's animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home

Sep 20, 2016 12:08 pm UTC| Nature

Invasive species are a threat to wildlife across the globe and invasive, predatory mammals are particularly damaging. Our research, recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that...

What exactly does 'instantaneous' mean?

Sep 15, 2016 03:03 am UTC| Science Nature

How short is an instant? Is it a second? A tenth of a second? A microsecond? You might think all of these qualify. What about 100 years? That certainly doesnt seem like an instant, and to a human being, it isnt, since wed...

Why electric fans may not help the elderly in a heatwave

Sep 07, 2016 11:30 am UTC| Technology Nature

Researchers have found that when elderly people use an electric fan in extreme heat, instead of cooling them down, it actually raises their core body temperature and increases their heart rate. Our bodies produce heat...

Can, or should, we save ARENA?

Sep 05, 2016 05:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Politics

Once again the essential development of the renewable energy sector has been stymied by short-term, opportunistic politics. Included in the Turnbull governments omnibus savings bill is a A$1.3 billion cut in the funding...

Beneath the surface of tourism in Bali

Sep 03, 2016 11:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

For thrill seekers and chill seekers thats the phrase the Today Tonight television program used to show areas in Bali as a freshly rebranded holiday destination, in its recent Brand New Bali series. But beneath the...

Climate Change Series

Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia's biggest emitters

Sep 02, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Nature Law

Australias largest listed, carbon intensive companies say management lost focus on carbon matters, abandoned energy projects and didnt have the commercial imperative to produce long-term strategic action on reducing...