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Sydney’s record October heat; high winds battering both Melbourne and New Zealand, causing death and destruction; the algal bloom caused by South Australia’s marine heatwave wreaking…

September 17, 20253 min readMeet the Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Ever FoundA newly discovered dinosaur species has been identified from a fossil unearthed in Mongolia that represents…

In 1954, just a few years after the widespread introduction of antibiotics, doctors were already aware of the problem of resistance. Natural selection meant that using…

August 13, 20252 min readEntirely New Species of Human Ancestor DiscoveredAncient teeth found in Ethiopia belong to a never-before-seen species in the Australopithecus genus of human…

Energy giant BP says it has made its largest oil and gas discovery this century as it shifts its focus away from renewable energy and back…

Illustration of what the Mollisonia animal would have looked like at the time it lived, more than 500 million years ago. Nick Strausfeld hide caption toggle…

The world’s largest banks boosted the amount of financing given to fossil fuel companies last year, committing $869bn to those involved in coal, oil and gas…

Woodside boss calls young people ‘ideologues’ for opposition to fossil fuelsGraham ReadfearnThe boss of Australian gas giant Woodside, Meg O’Neill, has attacked young people as being…

Newly Discovered Fossil Tracks May Rewrite Early History of ReptilesFossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds…