At first glance it may not seem so, but the story of the now-vanished island of Nahlapenlohd, a couple of kilometres south of Pohnpei Island in Micronesia, holds some valuable lessons about recent climate change in the western Pacific.

In 1850, Nahlapenlohd was so...

The idea that the economy matters (probably more than anything else) in deciding electoral destinies is backed by a significant body of research. When voters perceive that the economy is strong, they are more inclined to vote for the incumbent.

There are some things for the Queensland government, led by Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk, to crow...

Aboriginal Australians have been observing the stars for more than 65,000 years, and many of their oral traditions have been recorded since colonisation. These traditions tell of all kinds of celestial events, such as the annual rising of stars, passing comets, eclipses of the Sun and...