Sciences & Technology

Only the sun and stars reach fusion naturally. Now, the push for carbon-free, waste-free energy on Earth could become a reality by the 2030s, with real opportunities for Australia

A lot goes into taking your coffee beans from a distant farm to a Melbourne café. Knowing what’s real and what’s marketing can help you support everyone from farm to cup

Drawing on long-held knowledge, research is helping farmers better adapt to climate challenges like drought, weed pressure and declining soil health

AI is data-hungry and needs thousands of images to learn how to detect tumours or product defects, but often very few are available. A new method aims to change that

The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing

Blast waves, acoustic trauma and sonic booms pose serious, underexamined risks to the threatened species living near proposed launch sites like South Australia's Whalers Way

The same AI that can help revive endangered languages can also deepen historical injustice. The difference, research shows, comes down to whether Indigenous Knowledges are built in from the start

The H5 bird flu virus is in Australia, raising fears for wildlife, livestock and the nation's biosecurity. Here's what the experts say, and what you can do to help

Skills training alone won't prepare graduates for a world where AI is doing the technical work. The real fix lies in how universities teach, not what