El Niño is nothing new for fishers. Long before it was being used as evidence of climate change, fisheries management experts knew they would have to adjust, just like they will have to adjust this…

Capturing an asteroid. Credit: NASA By Monica Grady, The Open University The golden age of ocean exploration had voyagers navigating new sea routes to uncharted territory. These territories were then…

Credit: Khairil Zhafri, CC BY By Anita Collins, University of Canberra Recently, Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne and Arts Minister George Brandis announced $594,000 in funding for a new…

Science can't tell us exactly when the rising oceans will swallow up the Maldives, but it can give us a good idea. Credit: Hiroyuki-H, CC BY-SA By Richard Pancost, University of Bristol and Stephan…

Not enough tobacco company money is going into public health campaigns. Credit: REUTERS/Daniel Munoz By Nicholas Freudenberg, City University of New York The #20 Million Memorial created earlier this…

Eliminating subsidies that help low- and moderate-income people purchase coverage through government-run health insurance marketplaces would sharply boost costs for consumers and cause more than 11…

Are awards and prizes in science a good thing? Or do they reward a tiny subpopulation of individuals at the expense of the community? On the whole I believe that awards for are a positive thing for…

Credit: EPA By Uli Beisel, Bayreuth University Despite it being nearly six months after the Ebola outbreak was confirmed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), we are still hearing stories of severe…

If you've ever felt as though professors treat you with less than respect, you're probably not alone. Credit: Flickr, CC BY-SA By Brian Martin, University of Wollongong and Majken Jul Sørensen,…

Myths about the brain are common among teachers worldwide and are hampering teaching, according to new research which presented teachers in the UK, Holland, Turkey, Greece and China with seven '…