Agriculture The fluctuating fortunes of La Niña By Bron Willis View Latest Issue Share Tweet Sparkling science By Ken Eastwood If you reach for a glass of bubbly this festive season, take a moment to savour the sophisticated chemistry captured in each refreshing mouthful. Best of the Rest Pfizer booster found to be effective in real-world study Volcanic eruptions can be triggered by weather events Can any species win from climate change? By Richard A Lovett Changes in killer whale hunting patterns raise important questions about winners and losers in our planet’s future. In our private universe By Mark Pesce From mediaeval artistry to Google Earth, maps hold a fascination. Next: a globe in four dimensions, holding the Earth’s information over time. Life-saving sensors By Debbie Silvester-Dean A phone alert when the quality of the air you’re breathing has become unhealthy or downright dangerous? We’d like to see that. Previous Issues 25 - 31 May 2023 Preserving whale sharks, the race to patent psychedelic drugs, the science of guns in the US, ENSO and global warming, and the Next Big Thing is learning more about groundwater. 18 - 24 May 2023 Matauranga Maori and natural disasters, baby formula marketing, rewilding, Auto-GPT and the Next Big Thing in Indigenous medical science. 11 - 17 May 2023 A look back on Skylab, fusing traditional knowledge and western science, sustaining seagrass, the other koala threat, volcanic solutions to an ore-some problem. 04 - 10 May 2023 The dilemma of rehabilitating Australia’s mine pits, a new way to regenerate a sustainable way of life, part three of the Cyberneticists series, solving the spider crab mystery, and the Next Big Thing is mathematically describing flame. 27 Apr - 03 May 2023 The toxic waste dump near Kaniva, the Great Southern Reef, why batteries are king, development in the Alpine National Park, generative AI. 20 - 26 Apr 2023 Learning from the history of flying taxis, making sunlight better, what can be done about Australians experiencing climate trauma, do biofuels really reduce greenhouse gases? And Professor Lauren Ball’s Next Big Thing is the question: Whose responsibility is it to enable health and wellbeing? 13 - 19 Apr 2023 Inside the qubit factory, the lockdown lowdown, the scientists giving help to kelp, cybernetics history, conservation conundrums. 05 - 11 Apr 2023 Heron Island research station, spinifex nanotechnology, seabed mining, Cathy Foley’s quantum Next Big Thing, bees and tracking urban microbiome. 30 Mar - 05 Apr 2023 Baby-brain needs a rebrand, unpeeling the wrap on climate challenges, surfing the sustainability wave, the big space questions facing government, protecting the ‘Aussie Easter bunny’. 24 - 30 Mar 2023 The true history of the chicken, Cybernetics – controlling information, Maori knowledge changing how New Zealand responds to disasters, lifeline for the grey nurse shark, and the Next Big Thing is communicating the next COVID wave. 17 - 23 Mar 2023 The golden age of paleo-tourism, detecting pesticide residues, phasing out native logging in Victoria, the ins and outs of amateur astronomy, and the Australian Conservation Foundation CEO’s Next Big Thing is the science of solutions. 10 - 16 Mar 2023 Blue Oval and out? The ups and downs of weather modification, combating crowns of thorns, getting to the bottom of the Top End’s buffalo problem, diverse DNA in Australia’s ecosystems. All Weekly Issues
