A strange fruit fossil was found near a small farming town called Capella Queensland, and it doesn’t matched with any current genus or species of…
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It’s not everyday that Anthropic pitches a gigawatt scale data centre to another countries government. It may sound odd but that’s exactly what happened this…
View More Behind Closed Doors: How Anthropic Pitched a Gigawatt-Scale Data Centre to the NSW Government
A relatively plain flower has won Australia’s most amazing wildflower this National Science Week and, having discovered its secret history, there is no reason to…
View More How a Humble Wildflower Rose From the Ashes to Capture Australia’s Heart
The story is about Sammy, a multi-tonne elephant seal who has spent years lounging on this stretch of coast and has, almost by accident, become…
View More Portland’s Beloved Elephant Seal Sammy Becomes the Face of a Growing Bird Flu Alarm
Every August, National Science Week turns the spotlight on something most of us walk past without a second look –the native plants growing wild along…
View More Wild at Heart: A Realistic Guide to Growing Australia’s Toughest Flora at Home
Housing crisis increases in Australia due to migration and construction regulations is now reaching its peak. It can be related to previous Keating and Howard…
View More Two Policies, One Collision: How Housing Shortage Started in Australia
The real estate scenario has changed drastically in countries like New Zealand, Canada, but for Australia the scene is different. Sydney homeowners have spent the…
View More What Two Housing Crashes across the Tasman and the Pacific Are Telling Us about Interest Rates
Australia’s social media ban set out to do something no other country had tried: keep children under 16 off the platforms entirely. Nearly a year…
View More Eight Months In, Australia’s Social Media Ban Still Isn’t Keeping Kids Offline
For a tiny community more used to spotting red crabs than spacecraft, or the occasional piece of space junk on the tideline, this week has…
View More Giant SpaceX Vessel Turns Christmas Island into an Impromptu Tourist Attraction
The Comments That Started It All The story began when Parminder Singh, who had run third on One Nation’s upper house ticket in WA at…
View More Inside One Nation’s Awkward WA Week: A Sacked Candidate, a Viral Sound bite and a Party at War With Itself