Search results for Australia environment

Economics & Business May 20, 2026

Fast-food waste driven by wrong orders, Australian review finds

A review into food waste in Australia's quick service restaurants has found order mistakes are the biggest driver of food waste, and better staff training is a key part of the solution. The quick service restaurant sector ...

Cell & Microbiology May 20, 2026

Early complex life clung to oxygenated seafloors for hundreds of millions of years, scientists discover

From the highest mountains to the deepest ocean, the driest desert to the lushest jungle, Earth displays a dazzling array of life-forms. And eukaryotes account for many of these life-forms, including nearly all of the multicellular ...

Social Sciences May 20, 2026

What BMX teaches us about belonging (and not belonging)

At skate parks, dirt jumps and racetracks around Australia, inclusion is made in the moment—by peers who encourage, coaches who spot and by digging crews who build and adapt trails, dirt mounds and makeshift bike tracks to ...

Cell & Microbiology May 19, 2026

Field-ready tool identifies rare and zoonotic parasitic worms missed by standard tests

Parasitic nematodes (commonly known as roundworms) are a large, diverse and poorly studied group of disease-causing organisms that severely impact the health of humans and animals. They infect almost one-quarter of the global ...

Environment May 18, 2026

Nature is good for business—and we now have numbers to show it

When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill.

Environment May 18, 2026

Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding

Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure. The Monash research, published ...

Ecology May 14, 2026

Most Australian 'wild dogs' are predominantly dingoes

A new genetic test has revealed that most of the free-roaming canines in Australia, often labeled "wild dogs," carry a significant amount of dingo ancestry. A team of Adelaide University researchers from the Australian Center ...

Social Sciences May 14, 2026

We keep thanking machines and forests for one strange reason, and it is reshaping human bonds

Whether it's artificial intelligence programs or the Amazon rainforest, people often experience gratitude or protectiveness toward non-human entities because they perceive these entities as having good intentions, according ...

Evolution May 13, 2026

Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue

If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy-legged reptile that burrows in rainforest ...

Environment May 13, 2026

A real 'intergenerational equity' budget would address our unceasing environmental decline

Last night, Labor unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform. It comes at a time when politics is consumed with the international shocks created by US President Donald ...

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