Aarey's Chipko Moment

The plan to clear Mumbai's last green cover is facing stiff resistance from citizens and non-profits

13 Things You Didn't Know About Thunderstorms

13 things you didn’t know about thunderstorms

Are We Close To Making Our Home Away From Earth?

Our exploration of the cosmos is hampered by our bodies and minds, which struggle in space. So could we ever overcome our Biology and settle among the stars?

Forever, For A Price

The immortality industry is booming, thanks to massive funding and extensive research.

Top 10 BioSpectrum Articles of 2016

In a year, BioSpectrum covers a wide array of topics from the life sciences sector which comprises among others biotechnology and allied areas, bio-pharma and pharma, healthcare and med technology etc.

The Most Extreme Jobs in Science

From crocodile behaviourist to faecal transplant technician, Katherine Nightingale and Jo Carlowe look at some of the most extraordinary jobs in science.

Why Monsoon Matters!

The three girls, studying in the 4th standard in Bilpudi, say the rainy season is their favourite time of the year. “I like to sing and play in the rain,” says Jacinta Rathad. “I play with my brother when it rains,” admits Kalista Hadal. She says her grandfather goes fishing in the river with men from the village. A heavy rain can send water gushing into the river.

Teotwawki: Okay If We Confirm That Tomorrow?

What if the science of prediction is a fictive process and nothing more? Is the future, then, even if loosely knowable, specifically unpredictable?

Bringing Human History To Life

Kolkata’s Science City explored a 360-degree digital projection of human evolution as an innovative way to ensure more visitor footfalls to the museum

Meet 10 Brilliant Young Minds

Popular Science Honors The Brightest Young Minds Reshaping Science, Engineering, And the World.

Rediscovering Pluto

Initial images and data from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons recent rendezvous with Pluto point to a surprisingly craterless mosaic of relatively ancient regions and very young places on the dwarf planet.

THE STORYTELLERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

More than 100 dedicated Master Reef Guides are sharing the GBR's most important stories with visitors in a bid to inspire its greater protection.

Loveday Internment Camp, SA A

DURING WORLD WAR II, civilians n Australia deemed \"enemy aliens\" - mostly those of German, Italian and Japanese descent were housed in internment camps.

A BEAUTIFUL DISASTER

Does last summer's mass coral bleaching event sound a death knell for Australia's beloved Great Barrier Reef? \"Not on my watch!\" is the message coming from he army of heartbroken, but resolute, marine scientists who've responded to the crisis by doubling down on their research.

A PLACE OF LAST RESORT

Museums Victoria's living biobank is a repository of frozen potential, safeguarding the very essence of the animals that make Australia so remarkable.

COUR EARLY WEATHERMEN

Survival on the roof of mainland Australia was an unenviable but necessary challenge that tested the endurance skills of 19thcentury weather forecasters.

Ancient know-how meets a modern challenge

Contemporary marine park management is infused with traditional knowledge to tackle new threats on the Great Barrier Reef.

PROTECTING OUR POLLINATORS

Meet the Aussie beekeepers giving back after their revolutionary hive design caused a buzz in apiaries worldwide.

CUE THE MUSIC

Groundbreaking musician and composer Aaron Wyatt is making up for lost time.

A WILD POLO TUSSLE

It's an event reminiscent of a Banjo Paterson poem. For 35 years, in the High Country 200km east of Melbourne, city polo players have gathered annually at Cobungra, Victoria's largest cattle station, to vie with a rural team for the Dinner Plain Polo Cup.

RESCUING THE CHUDITCH

After intensive planning, recovery for this endangered marsupial species is being stepped up to secure its future.

LOOKING FOR TJAKURA

The search is on across Australia's deserts for a culturally important vulnerable lizard.

MORE THAN QUOKKAS

Sure, you can't avoid those cute little marsupials that made Rottnest Island world-famous, but there's so much more to life on this ocean-ringed jewel off the Western Australian coast.

CLEAR-CUTTING KOALA COUNTRY

More than 3000sq.km of forests on NSW's Mid North Coast have been earmarked for the Great Koala National Park. But there's still work to be done before this proposed reserve becomes the safe haven koalas desperately need.

AROUND AUSTRALIA IN 44 DAYS

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia. Aviator Michael Smith retraces the flight in his unique amphibious flying boat, Southern Sun, starting and finishing at RAAF Base Point Cook, on Melbourne's Port Phillip, taking in 15,000km of vast, diverse and stunning coastline in between.

INTO THE FOURTH DIMENSION

An Australian institute is designing and printing objects that can shapeshift after they're made. Forget next-gen - Denise Cullen reports from the next dimension.

CRISPR-Cas genome editing might one day be used to cure HIV

Is a functional HIV cure on the horizon?

Sustainable sodium

Advanced materials scientist Maria Forsyth is trying to build the battery of the future.

MIRROR WORLDS

Can digital twins save humanity?

BACK FOR THE FUTURE

Bathurst is one of several regional inland cities holding historic-trades fairs, tapping into growing enthusiasm for a slower, more sustainable way of living and of making things..