Science journalist, feature writer and editor.
We need to expand beyond Earth, but not abandon it ā just stop relying on Earth as our only quarry...
Our brains are wired for collective delusions, and false beliefs can arise spontaneously. But...
By Wilson da Silva IT CAME SUDDENLY and without warning: on Thursday 18 February 2021, Australians...
The lack of diversity in Australian newsrooms is not academic to me: it is lived experience. And...
In the milieu of the Cold War, a roadside accident three generations ago led to Sputnik 1, and the...
With cyber attacks now tougher to combat, engineers are turning to artificial intelligence...
Australia's Chief Scientist is fighting the good fight, spearheading the effort to have science...
For more than a century, the Nobel Prizes have represented the zenith of scientific achievement....
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...
We are not facing extinction, and climate change is not killing the planet.By Wilson da SilvaITāS...
Itās hard enough to predict the challenges weāll face in 20 years, let alone to guess the...
Wilson da Silva turned his back on political reporting to become science specialist, only to...
At the World Future Energy Summit, an oil-rich Gulf nation is planning for a future without fossil...
From wild speculation in financial markets to believing that aliens are visiting us, humans are...
Nuclear power is often seen as risky ā yet it has been the safest form of power ever created. Why...
LIFE SCIENCES: BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY REVIEWBy Wilson da SilvaThey are deadly, spread fast and...
The godfather of neo-liberals would have been delighted with its progress, writes Wilson da...