Gathered around a crackling campfire, a flat calm on the lake, the sunset’s brilliant orange reflecting…
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Death by irony: The mystery of the mouse that died of smoke inhalation, but went nowhere near a fire
I looked through the microscope at the insides of a dead smoky mouse, and could barely…
Niger Delta: young men face exclusion and violence in one of the most polluted places on Earth
After nearly seven decades of oil exploration in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian oil industry now…
This plucky little fish survived Black Summer, but there's worse to come
On a coastal holiday last summer, I was preoccupied. Bushfires were tearing through southeast Australia, and…
A few months ago, science gave this rare lizard a name, and it may already be headed for extinction
Bushfires are a threat to most animal species. But for one rare lizard living on a…
Air remains cleaner as post-lockdown traffic returns to normal, new research suggests
Air pollution is lower than expected in some of the UK’s towns and cities, despite a…
5 ways higher education can be seen as hostile to women of color
In 2019, Amy Bonomi, a women’s studies scholar, co-edited “Women Leading Change: Breaking the Glass Ceiling,…
How much fluorine is too much fluorine?
For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our…
Our helicopter rescue may seem a lot of effort for a plain little bird, but it was worth it
As we stepped out of a military helicopter on Victoria’s east coast in February, smoke towered…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test
Now that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has been assembled into its final form, testing teams…