Ending the age of plastic
As plastic pollution covers the globe, can science provide solutions? Michael Lucy investigates.
What makes you a man or a woman
Jenny Graves – 2017 recipient of the Australian Prime Minister's Prize for Science – explains how key genes active early in life transform the embryo into a woman or a man, and that genes active later control how sex is expressed in physiology and behaviour.
Alien intelligence
In this issue: Inside an alien mind – The plastic problem – Calling the stem cell race – Gallery: fossils in amber – No fungi, no us – Science predicts extreme weather
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Gravitational waves inspire arts festival show
Science meets poetry in a creative response to the Nobel Prize-winning detection of gravitational waves. Richard Watts reports.
How to win at Nim
Learning patterns is the key to winning the mathematical strategy game. Jason England explains.
Linus Pauling: The man who won two Nobel Prizes
Linus Pauling was a towering figure in chemistry, quantum mechanics, peace activism – and, um, vitamin therapy.
What makes you a man or a woman
Jenny Graves – 2017 recipient of the Australian Prime Minister's Prize for Science – explains how key genes active early in life transform the embryo into a woman or a man, and that genes active later control how sex is expressed in physiology and behaviour.
