Low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations can connect remote homes, ships, disaster zones and communities poorly served by fibre. Their value is real. So is
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Deep-sea mining rules must protect what science has barely described
The abyssal plain looks empty until lights reach it. Then the seafloor reveals tracks, sediments, sponges, corals and small organisms adapted to darkness,
Harvesting water from air is promising, but it must pass the litres-and-energy test
The atmosphere contains an enormous amount of water, including above places where rivers and groundwater are scarce. New atmospheric water-harvesting mater
Solar geoengineering governance cannot wait for a climate emergency
Solar geoengineering has moved from speculative debate toward field research and private-sector interest. The core idea is to reflect a small portion of in
Mirror life is a science story about governance before the breakthrough
Some technologies are alarming not because they already exist at scale, but because the path toward them is becoming imaginable. Mirror life belongs in tha
PNG’s rugby league dream shows how sport became Pacific strategy
Rugby league is not a side issue in Papua New Guinea. It is a national language of pride, community and aspiration. That is why Australia’s support for PNG
The Pacific tuna fight is about labour, sovereignty and the price of cheap fish
Tuna can appear on a supermarket shelf as a simple product: a can, a fillet, a lunchbox protein, a price. What disappears behind that simplicity is the oce
The Telstra outage shows critical infrastructure can fail in surprisingly small places
Critical infrastructure usually fails in public imagination through dramatic images: a storm tears down lines, a cyberattack locks screens, a flood takes o
Australia’s online-hate inquiry is really a test of platform accountability
Online hate is often discussed as if it were only a content-moderation problem: remove the worst posts, suspend the worst users, publish a transparency rep
Lower city speed limits are a road-safety policy, not a war on drivers
Reducing a speed limit sounds minor until it touches the everyday politics of streets. A few kilometres per hour becomes an argument about commute times, d