Several “unusual” forecasts for Australia’s high-risk weather season
Australia has officially entered its high-risk weather season – and with it comes heat, rain and fire. For the next…
Negotiations reach a critical point to prevent the world from drowning in plastic
Listen to Australian and world news and follow trending topics with . The world has a plastic problem. This was…
Severe storms in Australia raise fears of wild future trends
Listen to Australian and world news and follow trending topics with . “Um, now we have an ocean down here.”…
Are bioplastics the solution to fossil fuel dependency and plastic pollution?
Listen to Australian and world news and follow trending topics with . Global plastic production is a problem that experts…
China has banned the use of video games by young people. But children are evading the bans
At the end of November it passed the Australian federal parliament . Details remain vague: We don’t have a full…
Bayer’s Essure contraceptive device did not harm women, judge finds
More than 1,000 Australian women suffering from chronic pelvic pain and abnormal bleeding have lost their class action against pharmaceutical…
European countries suspend decisions on Syrian asylum after Assad’s ouster
Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said they would freeze all pending asylum claims by Syrians, days…
Social media is becoming smaller and more insidious
In 2024, social media will become small. Not a small influence, of course. As the United States faces an election…
A dangerous new home for online extremism
Can you imagine what a digital white ethnostate or cyber-caliphate might look like? Having spent much of my career within…
The whole story of how humans evolved from great apes
More than 2 million years ago, a mutation reduced the power of chewing muscles in human ancestors. This could indicate…