Jul 11, 2025

In the First Nations world Indigenous ritual, knowledge and economy are indivisible domains embedded in the patterns and cycles of land, water and sky. The environment, including humans, is totally integrated.

Jul 10, 2025

As ideas of agriculture, farming practices and even culture in these Australian lands have changed, so Indigenous knowledge is starting to be looked at in similar terms to Western agriculture.

May 28, 2025

The world’s average temperature has already exceeded the target of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels agreed less than a decade ago in Paris. We are now counting the cost in increased natural disasters. But, David Holmes argues, organised misinformation is making the battle against climate change all the harder.

Feb 3, 2025

Imagine you could create any living structure with just a click. What would you create?Thanks to advancements in technology, this isn’t just imagination or science fiction – it’s the reality of bioprinting.

Nov 13, 2024

We need to bust four lies for save Australia's biodiversity. 1. We can’t afford to fund environmental protection and repair 2. We can continue harmful actions and simultaneously sustain a biodiverse, nature positive world 3. Increased environmental protection risks jobs and economic growth 4. We can achieve and sustain a biodiverse world without far stronger environmental laws and enforcement

Oct 15, 2024

The Nature Repair Act 2023 will soon result in the issuance of biodiversity certificates as personal property. How can Victoria support the development of a market for biodiversity certificates that is based on integrity and trust and, in doing so, deliver nature positive outcomes?

Oct 4, 2024

Smart Rust may provide us with an affordable and efficient way of removing a harmful pollutant from our water and saving the environment.

Oct 1, 2024

The Varroa destructor – yes, that’s its scientific name – is a tiny mite that has decimated honeybee colonies around the world. And an outbreak of this destructive parasite has been confirmed for the first time in Victoria near Mildura

Mar 5, 2024

De-extinction is not simply about putting a carbon-copy of an 1800’s thylacine back into the Tasmanian ecosystem. The thylacine co-evolved within that ecosystem over many thousands of years, and its role remains intact. Returning the native apex predator to that environment has the potential to stabilise it, and even save other endangered marsupials.

Dec 6, 2022

Whether “intelligence” can be created within hardware is a fascinating question, and one that remains unanswered despite significant efforts. In contrast, biological intelligence from a neural source offers a “ground truth” of opportunity. As such, the question becomes not ‘if’ general intelligence can arise from something artificial, but ‘how’.