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- Degrowth: Universities Push Permanent Poverty as the Solution to Climate Change Thu, 13 May 21, 3:00amAccording to modelling by University of Sydney and ETH Zürich, scaling back total production and placing a cap on maximum wealth would not only save the planet, it would also allow us all to enjoy shorter working weeks and...
- Speed breeding technique inspired by NASA grows three times the wheat with less land Wed, 3 Jan 18, 11:04pmScientists inspired by NASA have found a way to grow wheat at incredible speeds using intense lighting regimes. The method, called "speed breeding", produces wheat that is not only healthier, but grows in half the time, meaning...
- Australian researchers store light as sound for the first time Mon, 18 Sep 17, 11:54pmPhotonic or light-based computers would run around 20 times quicker than today's electronic laptops if microchips could process data in speedy photons...
- New map provides clues into 500-million-year mystery in Earth's past Thu, 29 Jun 17, 8:51pm1,000 to 520 million years ago, Earth's climate was undergoing dramatic changes. From icy extremes in what some have termed Snowball Earth, to warmer conditions as an increase in oxygen led to the Cambrian explosion of biodiversity,...
- Study Finds Wind Farm “Sickness” is Largely a Propaganda-Induced Ailment in Australia Thu, 21 Mar 13, 2:32amLike a bad high school rumor, it seems that illnesses related to the presence of wind farms have spread throughout Australia. While many believe they are experiencing a real sickness, a report by Simon Chapman from the University...
- Soil Erosion Could Cause Food Crisis, Expert Warns Tue, 22 Jan 13, 3:00amPhoto via Shutterstock Could the world’s supply of fertile soil really run out? That’s the question posed by TIME Magazine in a recent Q & A with University of Sydney professor John Crawford, and as far-fetched...
- Sea cucumbers: Dissolving coral reefs? Tue, 27 Dec 11, 4:44amFrom the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University comes word of this paper in JGR. Washington, D.C. — Coral reefs are extremely diverse ecosystems that support enormous biodiversity. But they are at risk. Carbon dioxide...