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Classic Australian story gets a new life on New York stage

It is a daunting task: reimagining one of Australia’s most loved and important books – not to mention the Peter Weir film adaptation – on the opposite side of the world.

13/12/2025

How these super enzymes could revolutionise what we think about plastic

What if you could add enzymes to plastic, which would decompose the plastic into safe and biodegradable parts after use? Scientists are doing just that.

07/12/2025

Frank Gehry, titan of architecture, dies aged 96

Guggenheim-designer Frank Gehry, known as one of the most formidable and original architects in history, has died at his California home.

06/12/2025

A smartphone before age 12 could carry health risks, US study says

Parents should think twice before letting younger children have a smartphone because of risks to long-term health and wellbeing, one of the largest-ever US studies on child brain development suggests.

02/12/2025

Think the Liberals are struggling with clean energy? Meet me

I volunteered to make an energy-efficient home for my darling grandchildren. What could possibly go wrong?

30/11/2025

How a beautiful curtain of bubbles led to a bleak undersea discovery

A carbon dioxide seep on a reef in Papua New Guinea is being used as a time machine to see into the future of the world’s coral.

29/11/2025

Forget net zero. We need ‘real zero’ – and these companies prove it’s profitable

Three huge global companies – IKEA, Lendlease and Fortescue Mining – are heading towards net zero. If they can do it, so can everyone.

11/08/2025

The rumours were true: China’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling

Suspicions were first reported last year that the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter was managing to cut its emissions five years earlier than planned.

23/05/2025

‘Not science specimens’: Remains of dozens of Aboriginal ancestors begin journey home

The Natural History Museum in London – which holds about 20,000 human remains from across the world – wants to address the historic wrongs of the past.

11/04/2025

If cars become batteries on wheels, cities become power plants

Australia’s energy system now offers vehicle-to-grid charging, which will make the concept of traditional baseload power redundant.

11/11/2024

Victoria turns on what will be world’s biggest onshore wind farm

The vision of a small group of sheep farmers is set to deliver nine per cent of the state’s energy requirements and a windfall for the local community.

11/10/2024

Households surge ahead in rooftop solar as renewable projects break bottleneck

Consumers installed four times more electricity generation through rooftop solar in the first half of this year than all commercial projects combined.

24/09/2024

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