Science (arising from the Latin “scientia”, meaning knowledge) is the human effort to understand how the natural world works. Through a broad range of scientific disciplines, mankind uses both observational and experimental methods to observe natural phenomena, prove or disprove theories on those phenomena and expand proven scientific knowledge for advancements in many fields like [...]
Predicting where Australia’s next mineral boom will come from is serious business. Data collected using satellite sensing, airborne surveys, seismic crews and prospecting teams is immense and is piling up rapidly. But what use are all these data? ‘This is a vast electronic resource and we need new methods to mine it for useful information,’ [...]
Released on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science. We know more about the surface of Mars than we do of the earth beneath our feet. Australian earth scientists are calling for a national program to map our country – 300 metres down under. By mapping the surface of the continent last century, Australia’s geologists [...]