10+ hour, 22+ min ago  (655+ words) The UNHCR's 1951 Refugee Convention describes a refugee as someone forced to leave their country because of war, violence or prosecution." The Convention was created after World War II and is still considered the cornerstone for the protection of refugees. But…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (425+ words) Every year, we celebrate the science, scientists and science teachers right here in WA, with the Premier's Science Awards. They're back for 2026, which also marks the 25th year of the awards. Applications for all categories are now open, as well as…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (985+ words) In September 2025, the Western Australian Government announced its intent to create the Exmouth Gulf Marine Park. The park would conserve the biodiversity of the Exmouth Gulf for future generations. Marine parks are areas of the ocean protected by governments, with…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (744+ words) The greater bilby is endangered, partly due to competition with introduced rabbits. The obvious solution? Compete with bunnies. If they can't beat them in the wild, maybe they can beat them in the chocolate aisle. The idea is simple " crowdfunding,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1038+ words) Deep below the surface of Murujuga, soil expands and contracts from the passage of water. Each wetting cycle is like a sodden breath from lungs holding fragments of stone and shell. Stone artefacts from millennia of Aboriginal life are pushed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (876+ words) Somewhere in my Mum's back shed lies a blue folder, faded and covered in a film of dust. Inside lies my small fortune " a collection of Pok'mon cards from the mid-1990s. Pok'mon cards have enjoyed a public resurgence over the past…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1147+ words) Australia has a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. It powers our homes, our cars, our workplaces and the services we rely on, including healthcare and food supply." For Western Australia " being quite the distance from the rest of Australia's major…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (854+ words) Love is mysterious. You feel it in your chest, your knees, your soul. Love will put you on budget airplanes across the world, leave you hiding from your own phone after a sent text message or perhaps standing in the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (637+ words) For the 11% of women who have endometriosis, they've likely spent a decade trying to get a diagnosis." The test, called the Simplified Adolescent Factors for Endometriosis (SAFE) score, asks patients to answer six questions." From their results, at-risk patients can…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1526+ words) When Vasilis Rodovitis rips open his brown paper bag in a sunny persimmon orchard just outside Naousa, in Greece, I half expect groceries to spill out. Instead, a barely there grey cloud emerges. For half a week, the bag was…...