The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

Female students have outpaced their male counterparts in participation and the humanities stream has emerged as the single largest group of examinees.

Soil and water ecosystems are undergoing unprecedented transformation driven by accelerating geoenvironmental change. Rapid urbanization, industrialization, ...

Since the early 1980s, Earth scientists have understood that erosion and weathering of rock slowly removes CO 2 from the ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

The direct (eg, radiation, microgravity) and indirect (eg, lifestyle perturbations) effects of spaceflight extend across multiple systems resulting in whole-organism cardiovascular deconditioning. For ...

River Murray native freshwater turtles have been in significant decline for decades, recording population losses of up to 91 per cent. Environmental experts in South Australia are hoping to reverse ...

Spring work resumes after a very wet winter, with crops recovering and fertiliser applications underway. However, waterlogged conditions have caused footpaths to widen significantly costing the farm ...

Two of the state’s top schools have dominated the 2023 HSC, with multiple students claiming the top mark across a range of subjects. Search schools, student names and courses here. Sydney Grammar ...

Year 12 exams are looming and it’s time to start planning – here’s the full list of exam dates and times for every subject. While senior students are currently in the middle of their term 3 studies, ...