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Thousands march for science: 'We need thinkers, not deniers'
Thousands of Australians have marched in support of science and evidence-based policy as demonstrations kick off around the world on Earth Day.
Marcus Strom is Science Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.
Thousands of Australians have marched in support of science and evidence-based policy as demonstrations kick off around the world on Earth Day.
New research into the "hobbit" fossils of now extinct metre-tall humanoids discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores has found they most likely evolved from an ancient African ancestor and not from the taller Homo erectus found on Java, as widely believed.
A list of scientific luminaries and their supporters have signed a letter in support of international scientific endeavour on the eve of the Global March for Science on Saturday.
A huge asteroid will sail past Earth on Thursday, reminding us that the universe is a dynamic and dangerous place.
Australia has returned to space with the successful launch from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday morning of three locally designed and built research satellites bound for the International Space Station.
A public health advocate has slammed the organisation for its refusal to endorse March for Science rallies in Australia.
Almost half of the complaints received were for proposed wind farms that are not yet in operation.
It's not every day you get to sit down with a bloke who is tipped as "guaranteed" to win the Nobel Prize for physics this year.
The discovery of an Earth-sized planet outside our solar system that has its own atmosphere marks an important step in our understanding of the potential for life on other worlds.
Huge aggregations of snakes mating in a three-week frenzy takes its toll.
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