Guest Author • Mar 19, 2018 •
Maria Voigt, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Erik Meijaard, Australian National University, and Serge Wich, Liverpool John Moores University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. “The Big House”, home to the University of Michigan’s American football team, is one of the world’s largest stadiums. Here’s … Read More
Guest Author • Mar 31, 2016 •
Thomas Sutikna, University of Wollongong; Matthew Tocheri, Lakehead University, and Richard ‘Bert’ Roberts, University of Wollongong New discoveries at the Indonesian cave site of Liang Bua are changing the way we look at the mysterious Homo floresiensis – known as “hobbits” because of their short stature. We originally believed these hobbits disappeared around … Read More
Bryan Walker • Jun 19, 2012 •
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gave an impressive speech at the Centre for International Forestry Research last week. How his words translate into the political life of his country I don’t know, but it is hard to fault them as an analysis of the world’s current challenges and a pointer to the direction in which [...] … Read More
Gareth Renowden • Nov 11, 2010 •
Back in April, when Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland was erupting and causing much disruption to air travel in Europe and the North Atlantic, there was some concern that the volcano’s ash and aerosols could cause global cooling. As I said at the time, there was little chance of that happening because volcanoes need to be near [...] … Read More