A new front has opened up in the battle over plans to build the Sandy Beach North housing estate at Hearnes Lake near Coffs Harbour. Owners of the 50-hectare site, Elite Constructions NSW, have filed action in the Land and Environment Court against both the Coffs Harbour City Council and […]
There is one topic David Goodall felt he was not questioned on before choosing to end his 104-year life at an assisted dying clinic in Switzerland. By Christiane Barro As one of Australia’s most esteemed scientific minds, Dr Goodall received global attention for wanting to die. But his views on science went unnoticed. […]
The NSW Koala Strategy released on Sunday almost completely ignores the community’s Great Koala National Park proposal which embraces two of the most important and unprotected koala meta-populations in NSW. Koala populations have collapsed by 50% in the last 20 years and the Governments response is to propose protection of […]
For the first time, IQ has been linked to neuron size and performance. The breakthrough could lead to new ways to enhance human intelligence Neurons with more connections may store more memories RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY By Jessica Hamzelou What makes some people smarter than others? It could come down […]
Freshwater acidification was supposed to be a thing of the past, but it’s back and it could be even worse this time iStock/Getty Images Plus By Fred Pearce FOR environmentalists of a certain vintage, the words “acid” and “lakes” can stir strangely fond memories. Back in the 1970s and 80s, […]
The sudden realisation our conscientious separation of recyclable paper and plastics from our rubbish will not be enough to fend off a garbage crisis has people in NSW demanding governments step in and reform an industry hit hard by a new Chinese embargo on waste imports. By Fergus Hunter & Andrew […]
Image from dailymotion.com By Binoy Kampmark Few documentaries have had quite this impact, so much so that it has ushered in the unfortunate combination of war and plastic, two terms that sit uneasily together, if at all.Tears were recorded; anxiety levels were propelled as Sir David Attenborough tore and tugged […]
Research shows it’s not actually inequality we care about – it’s unfairness. But that fact shouldn’t be interpreted as supporting the status quo Spencer Platt/Getty Images WHEN the primatologist Frans de Waal wrote in 2010 that “Robin Hood had it right – humanity’s deepest wish is to spread the wealth”, […]
By Dom Vukovic Residents on the New South Wales Mid North Coast say they are alarmed by the results of a study linking fertiliser run-off from blueberry farms to excessive nitrogen levels in a local waterway. A quarter of the sites tested at Bucca Bucca Creek, north of Coffs Harbour, […]
Biodiversity will collapse everywhere on Earth if humans carry on as we are, according to 550 scientists from 100 countries. The biggest victims will be people, because we are so reliant on the natural world. By Andy Coghlan Actually, there aren’t plenty of fish left in the sea.Shutterstock Biodiversity will […]