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“There is liquid water today on the surface of Mars,” came the announcement overnight from Michael Meyer, the lead scientist on NASA’s Mars exploration programme.

Published on: GreenCareer

Nanoengineers have unveiled a new type of microscopic motor that runs on enzymes, and could one day help clean the Earth’s oceans.

Published on: GreenCareer

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates have bought into a multi-billion dollar scheme to bring internet access to everyone in the world by 2020.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Australian telcos big and small are calling on the Federal Government for clarity about their data retention obligations.

Published on: ICTCareer

A new project by software engineers at NASA seeks to cut fuel use by improving operations.

Published on: ICTCareer

Health Minister Sussan Ley has announced the launch of a review of the 5,700 medical services subsidised under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

Published on: HealthCareer

The Wilderness Society has questioned a deal that will see energy giant Chevron pay for CSIRO’s research ship Investigator to conduct oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Tasmanian Greens are walking a fine line between two of their major policy areas – announcing their opposition to an experimental renewable energy system in a Wilderness World Heritage Area (WWHA).

Published on: TradesCareer

Sexual problems are often an unspoken side-effect for the 3.72 million Australians living with cardiovascular disease, but one expert wants to lift the lid.

Published on: HealthCareer

Australian medical researchers have unlocked a central part of the way mitochondria behave.

Published on: HealthCareer

Experts say hot conditions make for more dangerous work.

Published on: TradesCareer

Local engineers are working on a device that could greatly reduce the amount of water that outback power generators need.

Published on: GreenCareer

Insiders say Volkswagen's staff and suppliers knew about software designed to thwart emissions tests years ago.

Published on: GreenCareer

Exciting results have come from a trial using two existing drugs to fight brain cancer.

Published on: HealthCareer

A new study has shown for the first time that a gender-specific education program can bring measurable improvements to students’ self-esteem.

Published on: EducationCareer

A new study has again shown the disturbing prevalence of views that excuse violence against women.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Turnbull Government has hinted that it may scrap the Abbott Government's plan to let universities set their own fees.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a consultation package on Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’ (ADIs) Points of Presence statistics.

Published on: FinanceCareer

The well-publicised hike in the price of an essential medicine this week raises serious issues about the design of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an intellectual property expert has warned.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The ALP says it wants to encourage brilliant minds to start new companies in Australia.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Federal Government has launched a 32-page booklet that it says will help prevent radicalisation of young Australian minds.

Published on: EducationCareer

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

Even though many of us have been forced indoors, the COVID-19 crisis is eroding our privacy.

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