Ten key questions on the science of face masks, as experts hunt for consensus.

In the middle of last month, Australia had its last chance to contain the coronavirus pandemic. One strain of the virus was all but defeated, but then a second broke out.

As climate models predict even worse outcomes for the planet, some scientists believe the way to change what is happening is for people to “feel” the emotion of it.

A team of Australian scientists are working around the clock to find a vaccine against coronavirus, and they’re on the verge of a breakthrough. Today, Rick Morton on the race to find a vaccine.

A speaking tour of Europe has revealed the strategy behind Peter Ridd’s rejection of reef science: he believes that if people doubt the reef is dying, they will doubt climate change more broadly.

How the American anti-climate-science lobby hijacked local councils in Australia, changing sea-level benchmarks as it went.

A decision to hand planning about sea-level rise to local council has opened up a war around science, property values and influence.

Joelle Gergis is one of Australia’s leading climate scientists. She says there is resistance to talking about emotions around science, but she feels grief and anger.

The discovery of water ice on the moon has started a new space race – and opened a legal frontier in which Australia has a unique role.