Dear winter, apparently writing a letter to you can help me hate you less

Research suggests writing down your ‘feelings’ about winter can help with seasonal affective disorder. I’m willing to give it a go, writes Anita Chaudhuri

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Clean energy is officially “unstoppable” now

The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.

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Tour the Snake Conservation Center in Sacramento, California

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How plants communicate with each other when in danger

The study marks the first time researchers have been able to “visualize plant-to-plant communication,” the senior author of the study said.

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Plan to save world's only wild macadamia trees from extinction

Given the lack of genetic diversity in the farmed crop, the race is on to preserve wild macadamia trees to improve traits like disease resistance, size and climate adaptability.

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21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say

The Fish and Wildlife Service said 21 species, including a mammal, birds, fish and mussels, are being removed from the endangered list because they're now considered extinct.

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Did Australia's First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care

There’s been a long-standing debate over whether dingoes started out wild or domesticated. One thing is clear – they had a close relationship with First Peoples.

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Rural brigades boss hoses down talk of national firefighting force

A key group representing Queensland's volunteer fire brigades pours water on the idea of a "semi-professional firefighting service" akin to the Army Reserve, saying it could alienate those already tackling this year's bushfire season.

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The Platypus Guardian | Full Episode | NATURE | PBS

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Missing 'Law of Nature' Found That Describes The Way All Things Evolve

Complex, evolving systems abound in our Universe, even beyond the realms of biology.

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The burials that could challenge historians' ideas about Anglo-Saxon gender

Skeletons found with items that don’t align with their estimated sex are usually excluded from research – but that assumes a 19th century view of gender.

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Human voices are scarier than a lion's growl for savannah animals

Animals at watering holes in South Africa were twice as likely to flee in response to recordings of humans talking compared with sounds of lions

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‘There’s nothing like this’: Firefighters unleash new bushfire war machine

Dozens of fires are burning as the state braces for a potentially terrifying bushfire season. The RFS is firing up a new weapon to help save homes and lives.

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VA hospital's IT snafu blamed on cat's keyboard surfing

US govt confirms outage, leaves feline in quantum state of uncertainty

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Can a map of the ocean floor be crowdsourced?

Many maps of the ocean floor are decades old. The race is on to properly chart them by 2030 – and crowdsourcing could be part of the answer.

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Study: Toilet paper adds to ‘forever chemicals’ in wastewater

Scientists have identified a surprising new source of “forever chemicals” awash in global wastewater: the ubiquitous paper product dangling next to most of the planet’s toilets.   Toilet …

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