Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits

As the PM calls for climate "bravery" at a global summit in New York, NSW regulators prepare to sign off on a major new coal mine extension described as a "carbon bomb."

Australia has joined a small group of nations in reaching a turning point in the effort to end AIDS, although the benefits are still not shared equally across communities.

Union members at The Lancet and its affiliated journals will go on strike Sept. 22 for one day with further action planned for the following week, after pay negotiations with parent publisher Elsev…

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Days apart, one Australian minister called for reduced dependence on fossil fuels, while another literally turned the tap on new fossil gas supply, as a UN report warns we’ll overshoot 1.5 degrees.

The winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 30, 2026 by LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. The winners are: Best Novel WINNER: The Everlasting,Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop …Read More

Science journalists often learn the tricks of the trade by trial and error. But here at The Open Notebook, we firmly believe the basics of covering science, and covering it well, can also be taught.…

Nearly a year after being wrongfully fired for my comments on race, gender and violence, an arbitrator has ordered my immediate reinstatement.

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Are you a journalist who reports on health, science, or climate/environmental issues? We welcome you to fill out this 5-min survey about your perceptions of peer review.

Far from an obscure subset of science fiction, as it may have been in the previous century, queer sci-fi is now leading the genre.

Mun Keat Looi, ABSW member, interviews Siri Carpenter, co-founder of The Open Notebook, about the "Storygrams" format and the future of journalism.

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The peak body for pharmacy owners outspends the Minerals Council of Australia on political donations. It has amassed significant power over the industry, and policy, with little transparency for practitioners or customers.

Jillian Segal wants a new body to vet journalism. If she had submitted her evidence in front of the Royal Commission as an article to a newsdesk, it wouldn’t pass fact-check.

As rainfall intensifies with climate change, waste flushed out to sea could attract more sharks, putting beachgoers at risk

The smiles on the faces of Iman Ebrahimi and his colleagues in the photograph are revealing: After more than a month of war in Iran, a tenuous ceasefire in mid-April offered a brief window for the…

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