The science brief

Hopes international investment law will help speed transition to clean energy

Science and the public good - mathematics

Cosmic Vertigo returns

Melting ice threatens polar ecosystems

Can computers reproduce human culture?

Excerpts from an Australian Academy of Science symposium featuring mathematics professors Nalini Joshi and Geordie Williamson.

Karlie Noon and Corey Tutt describe the challenges and barriers as they followed their passion for science and maths

The future is grim for animals which need ice.

In this excerpt from an interview from 1988, Marvin Minsky claims computers one day will be able to reproduce human culture, such as the music of Beethoven.

The science brief

Acacia - another climate solution in easy reach

Science and the public good - physics

Targeted heat used to treat brain cancer

Computer science born in Australia 70 years ago

Carl Smith picks cherries from the week’s science news.

Acacia is very efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and laying down wood. Mark Adams says vast replanting of acacia would being an easy way to help remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Excerpts from an Australian Academy of Science symposium featuring professors Tanya Monro and Michelle Simmons.

Special nanoparticles are taken up only by cancer cells and vibrate in a magnetic field leading to the death of the cancer cells.