An intense and prolonged heatwave will sweep across Australia from this weekend into next week.

A survey of 1,600 academics found that more than 50% have used artificial-intelligence tools while peer reviewing manuscripts.

I’ve missed writing. It’s been just over four years since I became a parent and almost two years since I wrote an actual blog. Priorities change, emotions change, life changes. Absolutely normal.…

I’ve missed writing. It’s been just over four years since I became a parent and almost two years since I wrote an actual blog. Priorities change, emotions change, life changes. Absolutely normal.…

For many Adelaideans, Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) is the highlight of their year. A glorious six days when the Pioneer...

Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

A new study shows AI writing is turning traditional measures of research quality upside down.

A widely criticised bill recognising the heritage value of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park will be scrapped in a move celebrated by the Invasive Species Council.

One expert says he is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’ * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said. The areas in Ningaloo’s northern lagoon had undergone a “profound ecological simplification” with coral species that were keystones to the habitat among those killed. Continue reading...

The impact of domestic cats on vertebrate biodiversity is unequivocal; however, we still know little about their effects on arthropods. By analysing over 17,000 photos and videos from social media p...