Why the Hubble Space Telescope has been such a stellar success
Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University
When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched back in April 1990 the World Wide Web was just months old...
US permits Arctic drilling, but questions about safety remain
Robert Bea, University of California, Berkeley
Earlier this month, the Obama administration gave conditional approval to a renewed plan for Royal Dutch Shell to drill...
Health Check: four reasons to have another cup of coffee
Clare Collins, University of Newcastle
Some like it hot, some like it iced, and some just don’t like it at all. Until recently, coffee was...
Distance running is a perfect lab to investigate whether men are more competitive than...
Robert Deaner, Grand Valley State University
What are the psychological differences between women and men? What causes these differences, and are they shrinking over...
Technologies will tackle irrigation inefficiencies in agriculture’s drier future
Mac McKee, Utah State University and Alfonso Torres-Rua, Utah State University
Water is a finite but crucial resource. In most river basins around the world,...
Popular friends on social media can help save you from disasters
Manuel Cebrian, NICTA; Caron Chen, NICTA; Pascal Van Hentenryck, NICTA, and Yury Kryvasheyeu, NICTA
You may think your social media friends are only good for...
Meet the Australian wildlife most threatened by climate change
Jasmine Lee, The University of Queensland; Ramona Maggini, The University of Queensland, and Richard Fuller, The University of Queensland
Nearly half of 200 Australian species...
In a time of drought, a call to rethink lawns
Kenneth I Helphand, University of Oregon
As geographer David Lowenthal writes, “Landscapes are formed by landscape tastes.” The lawn – ideally green and lush –...
