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Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source

Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2025

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2025

An Australian chemist just won the Nobel prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world

The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal–organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals.

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2025

'Pass the torch': writers protest over journal's demise

Supporters of one of Australia's oldest literary journals have staged a protest against a "purely financial" decision to close it down.

AAP · Sep 11, 2025

New bee parasite spreading around the world could impact billions

Beekeepers fear the ripple effects may be felt by the billions of people around the world who rely on honey bee-pollinated plants

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

University of Melbourne law professor’s allegedly racist emails were protected ‘political opinion’, court hears

Lawyer argues university’s move to fire Dr Eric Descheemaeker breached Fair Work Act and freedom of academic expression policy

The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025

New type of ‘sieve’ detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before

Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller than 5 millimetres.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

Decision to close Meanjin criticised as act of ‘utter cultural vandalism’

Shutting long-running literary journal, which published emerging writers as well as the cream of Australia’s literary talent, described as ‘enormous loss’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2025

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing. Editor Esther Anatolitis and deputy editor Eli McLean have been made redundant and the final issue will appear in December. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP), which has housed the magazine since 2007, has cited “purely financial grounds” for…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2025

Colossal Biosciences Launches Australian Headquarters, Appoints De-Extinction Biology Pioneer Dr. Andrew Pask as Chief Biology Officer

The move marks Colossal's formal global expansion and strengthens its strategic collaboration with the University of Melbourne, widely regarded as Australia's top academic institution.

International Business Times · Aug 21, 2025