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Two distinguished researchers in the field of Antarctic science and conservation have been recognised as 2025 honorific award recipients by the Australian Academy of Science.

I wish to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and pay my respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

The Australian Academy of Science today recognises 22 scientists from across the country in its annual honorific awards, which celebrate the achievements of leading minds and emerging scientific stars working to solve humanity’s greatest challenges.

A first-of-its-kind online course, ‘Genomics Our Way – An Introduction to Genomics Research with Indigenous Australians’, has been developed through the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics (ALIGN), led by Alex Brown (Yuin), Professor of Indigenous Genomics at The Kids Research Institute Australia and the Australian National University. It is supported by the Australian Academy of Science’s Theo Murphy Initiative, the University of Adelaide and the OCHRe network.

A researcher seeking to reduce waste and improve patient care in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) is this year’s recipient of the Douglas and Lola Douglas Scholarship in Medical Science from the Australian Academy of Science.

The 2025–26 Federal Budget has missed the opportunity to safeguard Australia’s scientific and technological capability and support cost-of-living measures through targeted investment in supercomputing, the Australian Academy of Science says.

The United States is a vitally important alliance partner with whom Australia should and must work collaboratively, but a partner that is unpredictable.

What do beavers in Scotland, hyena in Botswana and South African stromatolites all have in common? They are all unique, important contributors to their local ecosystems – and were the focus of Professor Richard Kingsford’s travels as the Australian Academy of Science’s 2024 Graeme Caughley Fellow.