Wilson da Silva

From deadly snakes and spiders to the box jellyfish and blue-ringed octopus, Australia’s legendary range of venomous creatures is being celebrated as a potentially rich source of new drugs and disease treatments. By Wilson da Silva RESEARCHING VENOM…

Australia’s mining expertise is at the forefront of a new era of space exploration that’s looking to the Moon and beyond. By Wilson da Silva SOPHIA CASANOVA HAS long been fascinated by the night sky, spending lazy summers in suburban Sydney during…

The more diverse the microbe community in the soils around us, and the more you are exposed to it, the healthier you become. By Wilson da Silva EVEN ON A BLUSTERY winter’s afternoon, Mount Lofty flaunts its splendour as a bushland oasis, one of the…