Monthly Archives: August 2025

In the week the parliament humanely terminated Labor’s dreams of glory, a couple of news items clarified why that happened – and why in these testing times Tasmanian governance remains at risk of collapsing in a heap of ignorance and … Continue reading →

Mention Stefan Rahmstorf and James Hansen at any climate science gathering, anywhere, and you’re guaranteed instant recognition, a legacy of many decades as leaders of the global effort to understand Earth’s climate signals. In recent separate research papers, they’ve now … Continue reading →

In its 2½ years of public life artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved at such a speed that it’s hard to get the head around how it might change the lives of its human hosts, for better or worse. But we … Continue reading →