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The Iran war is turbocharging global electrification. But experts say the global grid needs to roughly double in size, as infrastructure bottlenecks prevent a clean energy revolution.

While the public debate on housing shortages is as ill-informed as ever, one solution is not just obvious, but been well and truly tested.

Madeleine Finlay hears from Steve Ramirez, an associate professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston University, whose book How to Change a Memory was shortlisted for this year’s Royal Soci...

Each year our panel of expert judges, comprising eminent scientists, authors, journalists and broadcasters, choose the book that they believe makes popular science writing compelling and accessible to...

A case of bird flu has been confirmed in Hobsons Bay. The case was detected in a seagull on 28 September, but only announced to the public by council early on Friday afternoon after it received confir...

OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 2, 2026 /CNW/ -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way Canadians live, work, and connect. The speed, scale, and intensity of this transformation present both opportunities and challenges. Canada's government has a pragmatic, ambitious, and informed plan to ensure all Canadians are empowered to use AI in a safe and sovereign way. AI for All is the government's new national strategy to ensure that AI is adopted responsibly, in a way that truly serves all Canadians – building trust, expanding opportunities, and reinforcing our sovereignty. With investments, programs, and new measures underway, the strategy will help position Canada as a global leader in this field. As AI becomes all-encompassing, spanning sectors, industries, and geography, an increasingly wide range of expertise and experience is required to understand and effectively harness this technology. To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, today announced the launch of a new council to provide independent, practical advice on Canada's AI transformation. The Prime Minister's National Council on Artificial Intelligence will bring together public and private stakeholders and advise on the evolution of the government's AI for All strategy, including accelerating adoption, fostering national champions, and building sovereign AI infrastructure. Its members...

Too many Australian households are being locked into high energy use, high bills and uncomfortable living, a new policy scorecard has revealed – but some states and territories are much worse than others.

SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagrasses, mangroves and…

Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses

BoM chart shows giant El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific is nearing record weekly levels.

A region of Antarctica with one of the greatest potential contributions to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least scientifically understood and explored. A major new global revi...

Marc Hudson Is this El Nino different, and if so, how? George Adamson   It is different in the sense that it’s stronger. The warming is more intense. So the way that global scientists tend to define E...

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

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ordering the administration to restore their White House access for two weeks. CBS, Fox News and NBC had susp...

Maria Ressa is one of the most inspiring journalists of our age, a media leader whose bravery against authoritarianism earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021. Now, she’s focusing her energy on artif...

A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa.

Barely 0.1 per cent of new trucks bought in Australia this year were electric, despite the country's reliance on imported diesel and its exposure to soaring prices.

The AI giants want the federal government to okay a backdoor way of seizing creative material from around the world

Speaking to Skwawkbox by video link, Margaret Owen reminisced about her recently-passed friend Marion - Ed Miliband's mum

Information is key, with one expert urging the Australian government to invest in forecasting services.