Nuclear deterrence is no longer a two-player game, and emerging technologies further threaten the status quo. The result is a risky new nuclear age.

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies, corrected for foreground effects, form the foundation of cosmology and support the Big Bang model. A previously overlooked foreground component is t...

In an uncertain world, Australia is spending about 1.7% of its Gross Domestic Product on research and development. The OECD average is 2.7%.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

The tension—a disagreement between cosmic-clumpiness measurements—is not going away, according to a new analysis of galaxy lensing data.

The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

Technology experts sound the alarm as authorities try to encourage private investment

We’re delighted to announce the launch of a new Open Library of Humanities journal. Political Philosophy is edited by Prof. Robert Goodin (Australian National University) along with co-editors Chris...

Shock breakout emission is light that arises when a shockwave, generated by core-collapse explosion of a massive star, passes through its outer envelope. Hitherto, the earliest detection of such a...

The ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence achieved 50% women personnel over a 5 yr time-frame by implementing a suite of evidence-based recruitment and retention initiatives. These initiatives changed how p...

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After many months of bitter debate about the Voice, an address to the National Press Club this week reminds us that we are back at a point where it seems that, no matter what the truth may be, we will...

Google has assigned a new CVE ID (CVE-2023-5129) to a libwebp security vulnerability exploited as a zero-day in attacks and patched two weeks ago.