As many as a third of women diagnosed with breast cancer may not actually need treatment, writes Helen Lobato.

Kenyan MP and remote sensing expert, Wilbur Ottichilo, argues the time is ripe for using satellites to spot developing African droughts.

Innovation is not an abstraction. Nor is it an end itself. It is how we make a better Australia and contribute to making a better world, writes Senator Kim Carr.

Even with the threat of climate change, the Victorian government is entering a minerals extraction boom with a major focus on coal, writes Dr Chris James.

According to Dr Joseph Tucci, the role of the pharmacist is shifting from simply manufacturing medicine to providing clinical care.

Research has shown that climate change is going to make it a lot harder for the world to grow food, but Australia is in a good position to meet the challenge, according to Enzo Allara.

A 'Global Commons Rent' is a fair and efficient means of putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions, writes Stephen Jones.

Science must change if we are to help inform governments, communities and industry how choices in one area impact on another area, according to Dr Megan Clark.

Innovative agricultural technologies can produce crops that meet climate change challenges, says William Dar, head of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

We must not let global warming damage our health or habitat: the results could be fatal, writes Mike Pope.