It’s commonly assumed that cities are wildernesses for wild animals. In fact, wild animals often thrive in cities: everything from magpies and lorikeets, to bandicoots and possums in Australia, to coyotes and white-tail deer in America – even cougars in suburban Los Angeles (the four-footed kind, to be
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an
When Heather du Plessis-Allan laughed in the face of a spoilt-brat “Climate Striker”, she was only saying out loud what we all know: these people are the biggest hypocrites on the face of the planet. It’s impossible, after all, not to notice just how selective the Climate
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an
Robert Kogon Robert Kogon is a pen name for a widely-published financial journalist, a translator, and researcher working in Europe. brownstone.org Greta Thunberg was photographed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg last Wednesday smiling broadly while flipping a double-bird – apparently to the opponents of heavily contested new
Ronald Stein Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book “Clean Energy Exploitations.” cfact.org Wind turbines, once touted by a few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming
John G Conran, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology University of Adelaide Daphne Lee, Honorary Associate Professor in Geology/Paleontology University of Otago Uwe Kaulfuss, Geologist (PhD) Georg-August-Universität Göttingen One of New Zealand’s most exceptional fossil sites may soon be open to scientists again following a land purchase
Jack Heinemann Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics Sophie Joy van Hamelsveld Postdoctoral Scientist University of Canterbury Traditional harvesting sites, or mahinga kai, continue to be used throughout New Zealand to provide food and to share skills and cultural practices between families and generations. But our new research shows that
Cat Williams particle.scitech.org.au They save our animals from extinction but ‘safe havens’ also have a major drawback. The last remnant populations of woylie – a critically endangered native mammal – remain in southwest Western Australia. There are other woylie populations across Australia. However, they’re all in conservation areas
Ronald Stein Ron Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book Clean Energy Exploitations. PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com In answer to the provocative question posed in an article of Issues and Insights, “Are We Finally
Deniz Özkundakci University of Waikato theconversation.com The level of microplastic pollution in New Zealand lakes is comparable with those in the US or Europe, despite much lower population densities, according to our global analysis of plastic pollution in freshwater lakes and reservoirs. Globally, our results show two types of
An ABC piece about the death of a platypus in suburban Hobart shrieked that it was a sign of the species’ imminent threat. While it is indeed shocking and tragic that the animal died because of a loop of twine embedded in its fur, it might also be pointed out
“A humanitarian,” Orwell said, “is always a hypocrite”. Nothing could have prepared him for the Greens, though. Because, when it comes to “progressive” hypocrisy, the Greens are in a class of their own. From pontificating about political donations while trousering the largest donation in Australian history, to blatherskiting about “transparency”
Duggan Flanakin cfact.org Duggan Flanakin is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A
The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban? by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On his first
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura We owe much to our ready access to affordable and reliable energy: it is closely correlated with increases in population, GDP per capita and life expectancy. But we have been putting all this at risk with a focus on sustainability which, while in itself is
