Science & Tech

An underwater quest to restore our endangered seagrass meadows

18 Nov 2019

A beautiful seagrass is endangered in parts of NSW, but a team of “underwater gardeners” led by a UNSW marine ecologist is working to stem its decline.

UNSW first engineering school to sign declaration to reduce harmful carbon emissions

15 Nov 2019

As the engineering sector turns its attention to the climate crisis, UNSW Engineering has taken the lead in being the first university to commit to a movement steering the profession towards a low carbon future.

Meet Squawkzilla: a giant fossilised parrot our researchers found in NZ

15 Nov 2019

If Bird of the Year was a thing 20 million years ago.... this would be your winner. Meet Squawkzilla, a giant fossilised parrot our researchers recently found in NZ.

Australia must engage with nuclear research or fall far behind

15 Nov 2019

Recent debates about the future of nuclear power in Australia make much of the potential of the next generation of reactors.

A runaway star, ejected from the galactic heart of darkness

13 Nov 2019

Astronomers have spotted something they weren't expecting – a star that has been travelling at 6 million kilometres an hour for 5 million years.

Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: How bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems

13 Nov 2019

Large, intense bushfires can pump so much heat into the atmosphere they form their own thunderstorm system. And that can make the weather on the ground even more dangerously unpredictable.

‘Missed opportunity’: Australia to fall short of Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

12 Nov 2019

Rapid progress for Australia on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals is possible and could deliver a fairer, greener, more prosperous nation in 2030 – if managed properly – new UNSW research has found.

Pioneering ecologist Paul Ehrlich to present at UNSW Sydney on the sixth mass extinction

11 Nov 2019

Prominent scientist will tackle saving humanity from catastrophic damage to its life support systems and an impending climate change catastrophe.

Australia could be a global leader in off-earth mining

11 Nov 2019

Forum will bring Australia’s space community together to shape a collective vision for the nation’s space endeavours.

Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing 2019 announced

08 Nov 2019

Melissa Fyfe has won the 2019 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing with ‘Getting Cliterate’, originally published in the Good Weekend, which celebrates the clitoris and the Australian scientist who almost single-handedly shed light on the anatomy and physiology of the female sex organ.

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