research
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Victoria Is Investing $5.2 Million in Electric Vehicle R&D
The Victorian government is investing $5.2 million into the local research and development of electric vehicles.
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Scientists Are Calling for a Moratorium on Climate Change Research Because of the Government’s Inaction
Decades of scientific evidence demonstrate unequivocally that human activities jeopardise life on Earth. Dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system compounds many other drivers of global change. Governments concur: the science is settled. But governments have failed to act at the scale and pace required. What should climate change scientists do? There is an unwritten…
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Here’s the Most Detailed Photo Yet of the Milky Way’s Nearest Satellite Galaxy
Researchers have snapped the most detailed photo yet of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way’s closest neighbouring galaxy.
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Male Mosquitoes Don’t Want Your Blood, But They Still Find You Very Attractive
The whine of the mosquito is unpleasant and often inescapable outdoors on summer evenings. Mosquitoes track you down from tens of metres away by sensing carbon dioxide in the air you breathe out. Within seconds, they home in on exposed skin and feast on your blood with an array of specialized needles. Only female mosquitoes…