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Explainer: why sea level will rise for decades after we reach net zero carbon

16 Nov 2021

The sea has been rising and falling for eons, but there is compelling evidence that carbon emissions from human activity is speeding the process along.

16 Nov 2021

Two winners announced for Australia's top mental health prize

16 Nov 2021

Mental health advocate Honor Eastly and Professor Ian Hickie AM are winners of the 2021 Australian Mental Health Prize.

16 Nov 2021

Australian universities are outpacing their global counterparts

16 Nov 2021

The latest ARTU ranking of universities worldwide shows Australia is running a competitive race.

16 Nov 2021

Are Australians ready to break up with casual work?

15 Nov 2021

With massive job losses and uncertainty a recent memory for Australia’s casual workforce, will they be willing to return to a working situation that treated them so poorly in the pandemic?

15 Nov 2021

Young drivers needed to help reduce crashes

15 Nov 2021

A UNSW study aims to establish what can be done to reduce the rate of P-plate car crashes.

15 Nov 2021

Power station stacks shown emitting smoke under a cloudy sky

COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here are five of them

12 Nov 2021

The COP26 summit has not lived up to the goal of reducing temperature rises because there are too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry to exploit.

12 Nov 2021

What is wind buffeting and why does it happen?

12 Nov 2021

What is that loud throbbing noise when you drive with only one window open?

In scientific language, it's called Helmholtz Resonance and Dr Jeoffrey Fischer, from UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, explains why this phenomenon happens.

12 Nov 2021