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 07 - 13 Oct 2022 Regional communities and STEM education, the Next Big Thing is unboiling an egg, surveillance over working from home, how to save threatened species, supply chains and local mining. 30 Sep - 06 Oct 2022 Can Australia do the opioid crisis better? Elite performers and mental health, preparing for another wet summer, Giant hailstones, Communicating with unconscious people. 23 - 29 Sep 2022 Space law, people in the Metaverse, Matt Herring’s Next Big Thing on wading birds, possible Nefertiti discovery, how clinical trials work. 16 - 22 Sep 2022 Australia’s robotics future, water laws and Indigenous management, Vanessa Pirotta’s Next Big Thing on whales, clothing recycling, South Australia’s green hydrogen marathon. 09 - 15 Sep 2022 Including culturally diverse communities; The seismic shocks that transformed the Makah people; Measuring impacts on ancient rock art; Are we ready for AUKUS?; Digging for Australia’s oldest birds. 02 - 08 Sep 2022 Threatened species, critical minerals, Xiaojing Hao’s Next Big Thing in solar PV, nasal-spray vaccines, social networks and equality. 26 Aug - 01 Sep 2022 Putting gender on the robotic agenda; Unearthing new soil measurement capability; Indigenous horticulture in a changing climate; Australia’s first SpIRITed space mission; natural hazards; When is ‘fast off the blocks’ too fast? 19 - 25 Aug 2022 Winning the race to net zero, How the nocebo effect messes with the brain, tackling the megatrends, Tapping the livestock genome, Are best before dates past their use-by? 12 - 18 Aug 2022 Monitoring methane from coal mines, the Next Big Thing in genomics, the ventilation experiment, wave energy off King Island, Chile’s constitutional reform. 05 - 11 Aug 2022 Murray-Darling water, defence and entertainment technology, Janice Scealy’s Next Big Thing in statistics, AI and medicine, Australia’s largest wind farm. 29 Jul - 04 Aug 2022 Chess robot breaks a child’s finger, COVID-19 pandemic reveals bias in healthcare, Susan Scott’s Next Big Thing, Australian navigation systems on the Moon, technology and fashion. 22 - 28 Jul 2022 Getting healthcare greener, building ocean energy in Albany, gravitational waves, mite-y problems, living with loud. All Weekly Issues
