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Then the laughing starts ... Tim Flannery with son Coleby and David Attenborough.

The day it dawned on me: David Attenborough is the world’s most-loved man

He’s turning 100 and we’ve been friends for 40 of those years. I never laugh as much as when I’m in his company.

  • Tim Flannery

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The world would be a poorer place without Sir David Attenborough’s contribution to it.

Legend. Icon. Prophet. David Attenborough on the cusp of 100

The beloved documentary maker brought nature into the world’s lounge rooms, but is not without his critics.

  • Nick O'Malley

Tim Flannery on when it’s ‘game over’ for climate culture wars

The scientist, author and former Australian of the Year on when bickering over clean energy will reach its use-by date – and the joys of being in one’s 60s.

  • Benjamin Law

‘Unpatriotic’: Kate Holden’s cheeky claim about husband Tim Flannery’s saucy tastes

The writers met at a book awards night in 2006. Years later, she realised he fitted her “list”.

  • Tim Elliott
Scientists have unveiled three new species of monotreme, including the enigmatic “echidnapus”.

Meet the ‘echidnapus’, a bizarre blend of the world’s strangest creatures

Scientists led by Tim Flannery have unearthed evidence for a previously unknown “age of monotremes” when egg-laying mammals dominated Australia.

  • Angus Dalton
Tim Flannery.

‘Heat waves are the killer’: Tim Flannery warns of deadly risk over summer

The chief counsellor for the Climate Council features in a new documentary about the need for more leadership to tackle climate change.

  • Garry Maddox
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Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

What to read: A tale of heaven and hell, and the end of a giant shark

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

  • Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
ANU Professor Will Steffen has been remembered as a leading climate scientist.

‘Driving force’: Tributes flow for giant of Australian climate science

Professor Will Steffen has been remembered for his contribution to science, but also his kindness and optimism.

  • Laura Chung
Professor Kris Helgen (left) and Professor Tim Flannery with examples of modern mammal skulls on display at the Australian Museum following the publication of a recent scientific paper and the local discovery of an early mammalian jaw bone prompting the Scientist’s to posit a theory of mammals migrating out from the Southern Hemisphere.

‘Remarkable Australian story’: Tiny Jurassic teeth rewrite history of mammals

A controversial research paper argues the ancestors of the world’s mammals, including humans, evolved in Australia and the southern hemisphere.

  • Liam Mannix and Angus Dalton
An exploratory gas well on Tanumburini Station, part of the proposed Beetaloo Basin gas projext.

Scientists raise the heat on Labor over climate impacts of coal and gas

While the new Labor government has enjoyed general support from the scientific community over its climate policy, pressure is increasing for more ambition.

  • Nick O'Malley