Mapping the "superhighways" travelled by the first Australians
'Superhighways' used by a population of up to 6.5 million Indigenous Australians to navigate the continent tens of thousands of years ago have been revealed by new research using sophisticated modelling of past people and landscapes......»»
How young people are mapping viable futures
Young people globally are facing unprecedented social, economic, political and environmental challenges related to the restructuring of work, poor access to key welfare services, the decline of democratic practices and the climate emergency......»»
Gaia mission reveals the past and future of the sun
We all wish sometimes that we could see into the future. Now, thanks to the very latest data from ESA's star mapping Gaia mission, astronomers can do just that for the sun. By accurately identifying stars of similar mass and composition, they can see.....»»
Backyard hens’ eggs contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs
Research has implications for urban gardening and food production. Enlarge (credit: Cavan Images | Getty) There’s nothing like fresh eggs from your own hens, the more than 400,000 Australians who keep backyard chooks will te.....»»
Aboriginal homelessness requires a different cultural approach
Aboriginal people are 15 times more likely than other Australians to experience homelessness due to racism, dispossession of land, profound economic disadvantage and cultural oppression, according to a new report released in Canberra today......»»
Backyard hens" eggs in Australia contain 40 times more lead on average than shop eggs, research finds
There's nothing like the fresh eggs from your own hens, the more than 400,000 Australians who keep backyard chooks will tell you. Unfortunately, it's often not just freshness and flavor that set their eggs apart from those in the shops......»»
Readying spacecraft to surf Venus" atmosphere
ESA's EnVision mission to Venus will perform optical, spectral and radar mapping of Earth's sister planet. But before getting down to work the van-sized spacecraft needs to "aerobrake"—lowering its orbit with thousands of passages through the plane.....»»
Half of all Australians will be victims of technology-facilitated abuse, new research finds
One in two Australians will be victims of technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes, and one in four will be perpetrators of such abuse, new research led by Monash University has revealed......»»
Mapping electric fields to help unravel how enzymes work
Every moment in our bodies' cells, countless activities vital to life occur thanks to enzymes. These special proteins act as catalysts by accelerating the pace and improving the selectivity of chemical reactions without undergoing permanent changes t.....»»
Half of Australians will experience technology-facilitated abuse in their lifetimes
Technology-facilitated abuse is a form of interpersonal violence using mobile, online and/or digital technologies. It includes four main types of behaviors:.....»»
Video: "Mapping" the body with single-cell RNA sequencing
While nearly every cell in the body contains identical genetic instructions packaged in DNA, there is flexibility on how that genetic information is expressed and in turn translated through RNA to create proteins, the building blocks of life......»»
NOAA tool now brings disaster risk, vulnerability down to community level
A comprehensive update to NOAA's Billion Dollar Disasters mapping tool now includes U.S. census tract data—providing many users with local community-level awareness of hazard risk, exposure and vulnerability across more than 100 combinations of wea.....»»
High-Tech Seafloor Mapping Is Finding Surprising Structures Everywhere
Giant coral towers, vast reefs and other formations are captivating explorers.....»»
A study raises questions about using drone images for environmental monitoring
Adrián Martínez Fernández, the technician in charge of the Digital Mapping and 3D Analysis Laboratory at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the lead author of a paper published in the journal Remote Sensi.....»»
Report identifies seven "global megatrends" shaping the 21st century
Around 3.7 million Australians have been unintentionally caught in an ocean rip. For the unprepared it can be a harrowing experience—but for experienced surfers, rips are a handy way to ride through the whitewash and out to the break......»»
"Building too close to the water. It"s ridiculous!" Buyouts after floods show need for climate adaptation
Australians are reeling from climate change impacts including more frequent and severe disasters—floods, droughts, searing heat and fires. These complex disasters are fueling calls for managed retreats and debates about buying out at-risk properti.....»»
Wealth inequality in Australia and the rapid rise in house prices
A report launched today by UNSW Sydney and Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) Poverty and Inequality Partnership confirms that even though Australians are now, on average, the fourth richest people in the world, the distribution of our wea.....»»
3 types of denial that allow Australians to feel OK about how we treat refugees
As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia......»»
Mapping urban heat from the ground up
Just one year ago, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory assembled a unique mobile observatory for surveying the climate in urban environments. The completely off-the-grid platform maintained by Brookhaven.....»»
Aussies living remotely lack access to quality drinking water
Australians in more than 400 remote or regional communities lack access to good-quality drinking water, while about eight percent of Australia's population is not included in reporting on access to clean water, according to researchers at The Austral.....»»
New dust-mapping instrument arrives at International Space Station
Delivered to the International Space Station today was a new instrument designed to track how small particles of dust can have a big impact on Earth's climate......»»