Category: Science

Sydney Morning Herald – Latest News ​Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target. Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target. National 

Sydney Morning Herald – Latest News ​In his first game back from a hamstring injury, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow put himself firmly on Queensland coach Billy Slater’s radar. In his first game back from a hamstring injury, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow put himself firmly on Queensland coach Billy Slater’s radar. Sport / NRL 

Sydney Morning Herald – Latest News ​Essential workers including police and nurses have been offered 10.5 per cent over the next three years, which the Minns government argues outpaces forecast inflation. Essential workers including police and nurses have been offered 10.5 per cent over the next three years, which the Minns government argues outpaces forecast inflation. National…

Sydney Morning Herald – Latest News ​Danish renewable energy giant Orsted says Australia’s first offshore wind farm deals must contain protections against inflationary shocks as the sector reels from soaring costs. Danish renewable energy giant Orsted says Australia’s first offshore wind farm deals must contain protections against inflationary shocks as the sector reels from soaring costs. Business…

The flowers are blooming and everyone’s loving the first signs of warmer weather in the garden, especially the birds and slugs Gardening ups and downs! One warmer May morning I arrive with seeds for sowing but find something’s eaten all but one of the baby pea plants. I feel almost tearful, and fear for the…

Neoprene is made from toxic chemicals, hard to recycle and, with 400,000 tonnes made a year, a growing problem. So can surfers and swimmers find green wetsuits? I have been hesitating for months. The wetsuit I swim in every week to keep me toasty warm in the winter and safe from jellyfish stings in the…

The research shows that getting back in touch with old friends is easier, and more welcome, than you might think, says David Robson, in his new evidence-based advice columnThe research shows that getting back in touch with old friends is easier, and more welcome, than you might think, says David Robson, in his new evidence-based…

Dali L Yang’s critique of China’s response in the early days of the Covid pandemic is thoroughgoing if academic, while poet Liao Yiwu’s account mixes fact and fiction to extraordinary effect Cast your mind back, if you will, to the beginning of the pandemic, before the World Health Organization had coined the term Covid-19. Back…

National flags might seem like a riot of colour, but there is one colour that you will almost never see on a flag and the reason comes down to the ancient trade in rare sea snails.National flags might seem like a riot of colour, but there is one colour that you will almost never see…

A new exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London includes ‘tragic’ tales of species wiped out from their natural habitats Douglas Russell, a senior curator at London’s Natural History Museum, was examining a collection of nests gathered on the island of Guam when he made an unsettling discovery. “The nests had been picked up…