An up-close look at what air pollution is doing to your body
We are all aware that air pollution can be bad for our health – the World Health Organisation estimated that ambient air pollution caused 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012 – yet what...
View ArticleUnraveling the motivations of Cambodian farmers
Agriculture is the backbone of the Cambodian economy, employing approximately 80% of workforce. Over the last 10 years, researchers have worked hard to develop new and improved farming techniques to...
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How much of your DNA is functional?
The human genome consists of six billions rungs of DNA – but how much of this DNA is actually doing anything important? Two years ago research emerged that suggested that a large proportion of DNA, 80...
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Early birds: how climate change is shifting time for animals and plants
By Marie Keatley, University of Melbourne; Lynda Chambers, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and Paul Beggs Every Spring, the blanket of Australian alpine snow starts to melt, and the Mountain Pygmy...
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Science-based environmental policies the focus of new research hubs
The Department of the Environment will spend $142.5 million over the next six years to fund six new research hubs that will see some of Australia’s top researchers working with key policy-makers to...
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Explainer: how countries could come to a global climate deal in 2015
By Anita Talberg, Australian German College of Climate and Energy Transitions and Malte Meinshausen, School of Earth Sciences At the end of this year, 196 countries from around the world will meet in...
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25 years of the Hubble telescope – in pictures
Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria and the University of Melbourne In this special feature, we have invited top astronomers to handpick the Hubble Space Telescope image that has the most scientific relevance...
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How to train your dinosaur – the science of complex behaviour in Jurassic World
“These people, they never learn”. This line, spoken by an exasperated minor character as a genetically engineered super-dinosaur breaks out of its enclosure and all hell breaks loose, fairly well sums...
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Digging deep into the past to see the future of climate change
Stephen Gallagher, University of Melbourne When did Australia’s climate become so dry? When did tropical reefs around Australia develop? And what will happen to Australia’s climate and reefs in the...
View ArticleWelcome to Pursuit, where you can expand your knowledge
From cutting-edge cancer treatments, to the secrets behind Asia’s economic powerhouses, to the history of witchcraft – welcome to Pursuit. This is where the University of Melbourne will showcase its...
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