Struggling to find an electrician or builder? 5 reasons for Australia’s tradie shortage
PixabayHave you recently tried to call a tradie for repairs or a renovation and had trouble finding one? As the federal budget onc...
Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime
Wanna Yossingkum/Getty ImagesMost of us are familiar with the concept of greenwashing: organisations exaggerating or overstating t...
Who shops at farmers markets in the US?
People who shop at the more than 8,700 farmers markets operating in the U.S. either year-round or seasonally generally fall into s...
A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare
El Niño can mean a rainy U.S. Southwest, warmer winters in the North and less Atlantic hurricane activity – but not a...
How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers…
A healthy bat hangs in a cave, resting up to eat its weight in bugs at dusk.Liz Hamrick/TVAMost Americans tend to think …
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
This artist's impression shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1365 colliding and merging with a smaller galaxy. Melissa Weiss/CfA…
Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask
Earth draws closer to passing behind the Moon in this image captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby.NAS…
Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse
Phoenix residents watch presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024…
TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks
Actress and writer Issa Rae speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York in 2024. Her new microdrama, 'Scr…
Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’
An ancient disk shows the priestess Enheduanna, third figure from the right, during a ritual.Mefman00/Wikimedia Commons…
How Trump plans to keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite stinging court losses
President Donald Trump remains committed to using tariffs as a key tool for leverage and is looking at another authority…
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying
The men responsible for producing the Declaration of Independence, known as the Committee of Five, were, left to right: …
Coles’ discounts misled shoppers, court rules. It could face hundreds of millions in fines
Coles has been found to have misled its supermarket customers over discounts – and could now face hundreds of mill…
Despite some wins, this budget won’t transform regional Australia
Mao Li/PexelsSince at least the early 1990s, much of regional Australia has felt overlooked by the rest of the country. …
Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules
Didier Marti/Getty ImagesAcross New Zealand and Australia, the impacts of a warming climate have been slowly changing ho…
Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security
The aftermath of an attack by Baloch separatists in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb. 1, 2026.Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty ImagesI…
Most people don’t know what they don’t know, but think they do – correcting your metaknowledge can make you a…
The ability to say 'I know that I know nothing' could be considered a sign of wisdom. Nicolas-André Monsiau/Push…
Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why
Workers repair a water pipeline that dates back to the 1930s. In the coming years, utility bills in Detroit are likely t…