An inquiry report has slammed the “bewildering” budget overspend in Australia’s Antarctic mission.

The Albanese Government says a $519.1 million boost for the Future Drought Fund will help the nation face escalating threats.

Coca-Cola's free water extraction in Perth has raised community concerns.

A new study suggests the near-collapse of Earth's magnetic field may have contributed to complex life.

Researchers have developed what they call a ‘Sperm Whale Phonetic Alphabet’.

Courts have heard the risk of Adani's Carmichael mine on Queensland's Doongmabulla Springs.

Citizen scientists are helping ecosystem recovery on Kangaroo Island.

A new training program is designed to empower Aboriginal rangers in water management.

The first offshore wind feasibility licences have been granted for six potential projects.

Australia is expanding water quality monitoring from space.

Experts have detailed ways to ensure a sustainable future for the Murray-Darling Basin.

NSW’s shark net program is catching a lot of non-sharks.

The Gold Coast City Council faces public scrutiny and possible legal action after a significant sewage spill into a local river.

Climate change is helping tropical fish invade the normally cooler Australian waters

Experts say healthcare screening is needed for lakes.

Mining giants BHP and Vale have proposed a $38 billion settlement over the catastrophic failure of the Samarco tailings dam in 2015.

WA has urged the Commonwealth to apply its “use it or lose it” policy for energy companies holding undeveloped offshore gas field licences.

Major talks have outlined new plans for the management of the Murray-Darling Basin.

The competition regulator is considering new chlorine approvals for the water industry.

Whale migrations could be slowed down by walls of noise.

A new sustainability initiative imposes stricter standards for government contracting.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

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