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El Niño typically causes drought in Australia, parts of southern Asia and Indonesia. : Unsplash: Josh Withers https://unsplash.com/license

Current evidence suggests both El Niño and La Niña could change significantly over the next 70 years, which will have consequences for how they impact us.

El Nino returns

How will El Niño change in the future?

Current evidence suggests both El Niño and La Niña could change significantly over the next 70 years, which will have consequences for how they impact us.

Environment
During an El Niño there are warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the equatorial eastern Pacific. : NOAA Climate.gov CC BY 4.0

Reports of a possible ‘super El Niño’ this year might have been greatly exaggerated.

El Nino returns

Why we won’t have a super El Niño this year

Reports of a possible ‘super El Niño’ this year might have been greatly exaggerated.

Environment
The path ahead is loaded with uncertainties, but merging mining knowledge with space exploration will be paramount in the years ahead. : Patricia Moore, Wikimedia Commons Public domain

As space exploration and colonisation expand, off-Earth resources will create a booming market.

Space mining

The next gold rush is far, far away — and closer than you think

As space exploration and colonisation expand, off-Earth resources will create a booming market.

Science

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will allow scientists to put asteroid Bennu under the microscope and perhaps answer questions about the origins of life on Earth.

Space mining

Did space give Earth the spark of life? OSIRIS-REx might tell us

Science
A dying cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample. : Credit: NIAID CC BY 2.0

Plenty of mistakes were made in the use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We need to learn from them to curb the growth of antimicrobial resistance.

Fighting superbugs

What COVID-19 taught us about antibiotics misuse

Health
Bacteria that live in biofilm ‘slime castles’ are 1,000 times harder to treat with antibiotics. : Credit: Animate Your Science (https://animateyour.science) CC BY 4.0

Scientists are exploring new strategies to win the war against superbugs.

Fighting superbugs

How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

Health
Enhancing access to quality healthcare is one way India can fight back against antimicrobial resistance. : Pexels: Muskan Anand https://www.pexels.com/license/

India is the ‘world capital’ of antimicrobial resistance and now part of a global fight to save millions of lives and trillions of dollars.

Fighting superbugs

Why India has most to gain from beating antimicrobial resistance

Health
With Chandrayaan-3, India is attempting to become the fourth country in history to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. : Supplied: Indian Space Research Organisation https://www.isro.gov.in/Copyright_Policy.html

More than national pride will be on the line when India undertakes its second attempt to land on the Moon later this week.

Indian Moon landing

Why lunar touchdown offers real payoff for India

Economy
Over the past few decades, the oceans have absorbed 90 percent of the warming that has occurred due to increased greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. : Pexels: Sebastian Voortman Pexels licence

Marine heatwaves are occurring more frequently, but what exactly are they?

Hot oceans

What are marine heatwaves and are they happening more often?

Environment