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We need to expand beyond Earth, but not abandon it — just stop relying on Earth as our only quarry...
They should have died out with the dinosaurs, but their seedlings are now being nurtured back from...
When wild weather hammered Australia’s east coast, researchers leapt into action, collecting the...
Why are rural people healthier than city folk? It turns out it’s the diversity of bacteria in the...
The more diverse the microbe community in the soils around us, and the more you are exposed to it,...
Their biggest drawback is safety. The electrolyte fluid sitting between the positive and negative...
Our energy system is woefully antiquated and based on a preposterously rickety 19th century...
Stuart Wenham, UNSW solar cell researcher. Born July 15, 1957. Died December 23, aged 60.By Wilson...
By Wilson da SilvaIn an energy-hungry world, battery storage is the way of the future....
Wilson da Silva looks at some innovative ideas in energy storage.NOT ENOUGH, AND TOO much: that’s...
Australia's Chief Scientist is fighting the good fight, spearheading the effort to have science...
Here’s what I think is going to happen over the next 50 years.By Wilson da SilvaANY DAY NOW, I will...
Hurricane Sandy did more than cripple New York and kill hundreds – it brought climate change out of...
Simply presenting people with evidence does not alter beliefs, especially those that are deeply...
Can we really shift the world completely away from fossil fuels in the next 20 years? A brave band...
Participants in an innovative gathering of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative set about...
Science is not a belief system we can opt in and out of depending on our ideological or political...
Governments have tried to deal with climate change and failed. The world has tried diplomacy, but...
The nuclear accident in Japan does not raise doubts about the safety of nuclear power, and calls to...
We are not facing extinction, and climate change is not killing the planet.By Wilson da SilvaIT’S...