Yuji Sakai/GettyAs the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Synthetic biology has emerged as a particularly promising approach. Despite the name, synthetic biology isn’t about creating new
Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty ImagesFour days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs showing the scale of the event. Women members of the Plunket Society are
Criterion CollectionPier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all. Adapted from the equally infamous book by the Marquis de Sade, Salò is, ostensibly, Pasolini’s attempt to grapple
The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil. So outraged were English cricket fans by the result that a newspaper carried a mock obituary of English cricket which stated: “the body will be
Layland Masuda/Getty ImagesIf you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you’ll find women who develop a relationship with their midwife over time and eventually have a “home birth” where they feel comfortable and
National Archives of AustraliaAt the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice. At the time, immigrants were keenly sought to expand the postwar Australian economy: more than 160,000
Sydney Bourne/ AAPIf you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out. Should we encourage young children to do this? This seemingly simple question is surprisingly complex to answer. Some teachers and parents might say, yes,
Hugo Abad / Getty ImagesThe 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil. Amid all the talk with politicians, policy experts and scientists, it’s worth reminding ourselves of the state of Earth’s climate – a kind of long-term average of weather
When neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell appeared last week in a Melbourne court for a bail hearing, after jail time over the attack on an Indigenous camp, his supporters were there in force. A lawyer in the building at the time reports how intimidating the security staff and others found
After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.
In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes were destroyed, and hospitals, UN shelters, power stations, water facilities,
The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. GSP is the state and territory equivalent of gross domestic product
Yuji Sakai/GettyAs the climate crisis accelerates, there’s a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Synthetic biology has emerged as a particularly promising approach. Despite the name, synthetic biology isn’t about creating new
Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty ImagesFour days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs showing the scale of the event. Women members of the Plunket Society are
Criterion CollectionPier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom is turning 50. One of cinema’s most notorious films, Salò continues to be approached with trepidation – if approached at all. Adapted from the equally infamous book by the Marquis de Sade, Salò is, ostensibly, Pasolini’s attempt to grapple
The Ashes is one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and dates back to 1882, when England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil. So outraged were English cricket fans by the result that a newspaper carried a mock obituary of English cricket which stated: “the body will be
Layland Masuda/Getty ImagesIf you’re looking on social media for information and experiences of giving birth at home, you’ll find widely varied content. On the one hand, you’ll find women who develop a relationship with their midwife over time and eventually have a “home birth” where they feel comfortable and
National Archives of AustraliaAt the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice. At the time, immigrants were keenly sought to expand the postwar Australian economy: more than 160,000
Sydney Bourne/ AAPIf you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out. Should we encourage young children to do this? This seemingly simple question is surprisingly complex to answer. Some teachers and parents might say, yes,
Hugo Abad / Getty ImagesThe 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (sometimes referred to as COP30) is taking place in Brazil. Amid all the talk with politicians, policy experts and scientists, it’s worth reminding ourselves of the state of Earth’s climate – a kind of long-term average of weather
When neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell appeared last week in a Melbourne court for a bail hearing, after jail time over the attack on an Indigenous camp, his supporters were there in force. A lawyer in the building at the time reports how intimidating the security staff and others found
After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.
In late December 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert authorised Operation Cast Lead in response to rocket attacks from Hamas-controlled territory in Gaza. The three-week military assault killed around 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 300 children. Thousands of homes were destroyed, and hospitals, UN shelters, power stations, water facilities,
The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25. Their growth was highlighted in annual data on gross state product (GSP), released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. GSP is the state and territory equivalent of gross domestic product
