Garnet washed up as pink sand on a beach in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park. Credit: University of Adelaide Deposits of deep pink sand washing up on the coast of South Australia shed new light on when the Australian tectonic plate began to subduct beneath the Pacific plate, as well as on the presence of … Read more
Enlarge / The echidna, an egg-laying mammal, does not develop teeth. Outliers among mammals, monotremes lay eggs instead of producing live young. Only two species of monotremes still exist, the platypus and the echidna, but about 100 million years ago there were more monotreme species. Some of them may be even stranger than their descendants. … Read more
Image caption, SunDrive’s Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Item information Author, Hanna Ritchie Role, BBC News, Sydney June 5, 2024 Hidden among dense bushland on the outskirts of Sydney’s south lies a sprawling facility that houses a technological breakthrough. It is here that the Australian … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — For more than a century, scientists have been hunting in vain for skull fossils of the thunderbird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, from an Aboriginal … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Australian government has ordered funds linked to a Chinese businessman to cut their stakes in a rare earths miner, in a sign that control of critical minerals is becoming a political concern. Jim Chalmers, … Read more
The ‘grotesque’ baobab tree has long been known as the ‘tree of life’ for its ability to create and maintain its own ecosystem in arid areas. Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, people have marveled at what researchers say are among the “most charismatic species on our planet,” but until now no one knew … Read more