The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history. The post Beatlemania: the enduring legacy of the Beatles’ tour of Australia, 60 years on appeared first o...
It's not only the physical challenges, but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult. The post What it would be like to live permanently in Antarctica appeared first on Australian Geogra...
Despite the lack of a strong, overarching national strategy, engineers, scientists, academics and entrepreneurs across the continent have been busy developing Australia into a spacefaring nation, building our modern space industry from the ground up....
South Australia’s family bike rides take you from the beautiful coast to city-based sojourns and wineries. Here are some of our faves. The post The best family bike rides in South Australia appeared first on Australian Geographic.
How do new species arise? And why are there so many of them? One possible reason is the arms race between animals such as predators and parasites, and the victims they exploit. The post What’s that in my nest? How parasitic relationships create new s...
From July to October, join Australia’s premier whale and dolphin experts on a voyage of adventure and citizen science in Queensland’s idyllic Hervey Bay. The post Give me sun, give me sea, give me cetaceans appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Groundbreaking research has identified that levels of genetic diversity among Indigenous Australians may be among the highest in the world. The post Understanding Indigenous DNA appeared first on Australian Geographic.
The working week is never so much fun as when you try and jam in as much adventure as possible in Oregon, the USA state dedicated to getting you into the outdoors. Every. Single. Day. The post This could be heaven: Seven days of adventure in Oregon,...
Australia’s flying-foxes are vital pollinators of our flowering forests and a raft of species, humans included, rely on that. The post A guide to the flying-foxes of Australia appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Astronomers at Macquarie University have pioneered a new technique for observing celestial objects during the day, potentially allowing around-the-clock visual monitoring of satellites and greatly improving safety on Earth and in space. The post Star...