A whole range of scientists are looking at engineering technologies to mitigate climate change. We could for example reflect more solar radiation back into space by making more reflective clouds; or we could trap carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and bury it underground, to diminish the “greenhouse” effect. Would such technologies work, and would...

Defending proposed changes to give him the power to strip Australian citizenship from dual nationals fighting with terrorist groups, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton claims Australia is not "ahead of the pack" as countries such as the UK, US, New Zealand

Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest claims Australia is the world's biggest iron ore producer and has more control of iron ore than OPEC ever had of oil.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims growth in spending is lower under the Coalition than it was under Labor.

Academic publishing is a multi-million dollar business dominated by just a few major publishing houses. Many academics and open access advocates believe that’s unfair—publishers simply take researchers’ work and sell it back to them, they say. Stan Correy takes a look at the state of play. • In 2001, I did a story for RN’s...