SCIENCE

In this month's Industry Interview we are pleased to chat to Igor Bratnikov, one of the initiators and founders behind GeenXC ? an organisation of people trying to raise awareness and raise money for national parks and forests. He's also a seasoned travel photographer and journalist who shares his experiences through his photo blog.

Astronomers at the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Zurich have created a video that allows viewers to visualize the birth of the Milky Way galaxy.

A wildlife crisis is developing along parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef coast with reports of unusually high numbers of endangered turtles washing up dead or starving, WWF said today.

Professor Matthew Bailes of Melbourne, Australia's Swinburne University of Technology and his team of international astronomers have discovered a planet made of diamond in our Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers believe they have taken images of a massive black hole tearing apart and swallowing a star.

Astronomers from the University of Manchester and other international colleagues have discovered a rare planet that seems to be made of diamond.

The wasp, discovered on the remote Indonesian island of Sulawesi, is being called the 'Komodo dragon' of the wasp family.

Breakthrough dental technology attacks the first signs of tooth decay, rebuilding the tooth from within.

Do you want to wow your guests with a completely unique pet not seen outside the local aquarium? Why not try having your own jellyfish in a desktop tank.

Lipids derived from gator fat meet nearly all the official standards for high-quality biodiesel.

Eight million, seven hundred thousand species call the Earth home, with 6.5 million species found on land and 2.2 million (about 25 percent of the total) dwelling in the ocean depths. according to scientists.

New South Wales Environment Minister, Robyn Parker has defended herself by criticizing the delays in informing her office about the deadly toxic cloud leaked from the Orica plant at Newcastle, telling Parliament the delay was "a matter of concern".

Enviroweek 4 - 10 September 2011 is a week of action, behaviour change and fundraising for school's around the country. Time to make sure your class has signed up and that you are registered online to take on this challenge and get sponsorship from your mates!

International scientists hoping to capture the elusive Higgs Boson particle that played a vital role in the creation of the universe said on Monday that it might not exist after all.

Plastic bags, other than plastic bottles, are in my top most hated things list! Especially the super thin, totally useless ones – you know the ones, you pick them up and they basically rip on contact.

By mixing the genomes of spiders and humans, researchers say they can create genetically altered human skin that could withstand a bullet fired from a .22-caliber long rifle.

A new study suggests extraterrestrial beings might consider humanity a threat to other planets, based on how we treat our own.

The galaxy is becoming a darker place. Galaxies are forming fewer stars than it did over 8 billion years ago and scientists are pointing to the mysterious dark matter as the culprit.

Animal rights group plans to join other groups in reserving a new .xxx domain featuring 'pornography that benefits animals.'

The only time you need to run the AC is when someone is home to enjoy it.

Could the mysterious five shark attacks this week be the result of humans or climate change? Scientists are baffled over the five shark attacks in different countries and some marine scientists are saying the attacks could be the result of warmer waters caused by climate change. Others believe the shark attacks were caused by overfishing or more people swimming.

Solar storms are likely to become more disruptive to planes and spacecraft within decades, according to researchers at Reading University.

The comet Elenin, now passing through the inner solar system and setting off apocalyptic speculation, will not bring on doomsday in 2012, NASA says.

Over the last three months we've been trialling a little additive called potassium hydroxide with the regular stuff we've been putting into our aquaponics system and - boy has the plant growth taken off!

Natabar Sarangi is just one of a growing number of farmers throughout the world who realise that if we do not begin to repair the damage taking place to our agricultural systems and our environment, we will lose not just our cultural identity but our fundamental right to a truly sustainable system of food security.

Humans make a big hoo-ha about issues surrounding same sex marriage, but in the bird world, homosexual bonds are often as natural — and as long-lasting — as heterosexual pairings.

An analysis of a moon rock has scientists thinking the moon may be younger than widely believed. They say it's possible that the moon isn't more than 4.4 billion years old or, if not the moon never had the magma ocean that covered its surface after it formed.

Study finds less than 2 percent of perishables are kept at 'safe' temperatures in kids' packed school lunches.

A new species of eel discovered in an underwater cave is a "living fossil" that has characteristics similar to animals from the Dinosaur Era, biologists reported on Wednesday.