how plants fight back against salty soils
To people, salt is a kitchen staple. But to crops, too much of it can…
In Toy Story 5, it’s tech versus toys — something families are grappling with
The Toy Story franchise is well-loved globally. One reason for its popularity is the core…
Sydney’s 1789 smallpox epidemic came from the First Fleet and killed up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians: new research
We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing.…
why this ancient relationship hits the evolutionary sweetspot
High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on…
Earth’s deep memory is thawing with the Arctic permafrost, degrading records of our ancient world
Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground…
Giant kangaroos survived until 6,500 years ago on the New Guinea coast
Roughly 50,000 years ago, a kangaroo unlike any alive today lived in the mountain rainforests…
Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies
Many of the biggest online platforms have long argued they aren’t publishers of the content…
The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird
A giant mirror to create “sunlight on demand” was just approved by the United States…
Australia’s government has woken up to the risks of AI. More ambition is needed
This week, Andrew Charlton, the federal assistant minister for science and technology, issued a stark…
Why you are seeing bees struggling to survive this summer
You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the…