Quarrying data for gems of knowledge
Released on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science Predicting where Australia’s next mineral boom will come from is serious […]
Media releases
Media releases
Are we all mined out?
Released on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science Most of the easily-found, economically exploitable mineral deposits in Australia have
Media releases, Women in Science
How did we get here?
Zenobia Jacobs University of Wollongong Zenobia Jacobs wants to know where we came from, and how we got here. When
Evolution Festival, Fresh Science
Fool’s gold reveals the ancient evolution of life on earth
‘Fool’s gold’ has tricked many amateur gold miners, but Queensland researchers have discovered it can reveal much about the early evolution of life on Earth.
Three billion years ago the Earth couldn’t support life as we know it – the atmosphere was deadly to oxygen-breathing plants and animals.
But two and half billion years ago life changed […]