The 2025 Nobel economics prize honours economic creation and destruction

Economists Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt. Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach Three economists working in the…

Young businesses create 6 in 10 new jobs in Australia – far more than established firms

Chris Putnam/Future Publishing via Getty Images Governments of all stripes provide support to small businesses in the form of tax…

Who invented the light bulb?

Eureka, what an idea! TU IS/iStock/Getty Images Plus Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you…

Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images In…

Fewer than 1 in 4 Australians work in a gender-balanced occupation. Fixing it is in all our interests

Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s workforce is almost evenly split between men and women. Yet fewer than one in four…

From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history

Steel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Many modern devices – from cellphones…

Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs’ freedom to experiment and innovate?

Chef Phila Lorn prepares a bowl of noodle soup at Mawn restaurant in Philadelphia. AP Photo/Matt Rourke The Philadelphia restaurant…

How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

Steelmaking uses a lot of energy, making it one of the highest greenhouse gas-emitting industries. David McNew/Getty Images The U.S.…

Stone tools from a cave on South Africa’s coast speak of life at the end of the Ice Age

The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In…

Small businesses are an innovation powerhouse. For many, it’s still too hard to raise the funds they need

The federal government wants to boost Australia’s productivity levels – as a matter of national priority. It’s impossible to have…