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A spot has been picked on a comet 440 million kilometres away, where a robot should land in coming months.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

MIT’s robotic cheetah has had a software upgrade, and can now bound about in untethered freedom.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Two states’ minerals councils have lobbed volleys at The Australia Institute, accusing it of fudging its numbers to fight an ideological war.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Federal Court has thrown out a union’s challenge to new rules that make it easier to hire foreign workers on offshore rigs.

Published on: TradesCareer

Australia will sport another mega-port, with the green light given to the $7 billion West Pilbara Iron Ore Project.

Published on: WaterCareer

Research has shown paramedics have the highest injury rate of any individual occupation in Australia.

Published on: HealthCareer

New statistics show 125 Australians have died at work this year.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

An Australian team has won global recognition for high-level mine rescue.

Published on: ResourcesCareer

New South Wales is getting a gauge of its uranium supplies, in a move that many consider a step towards new mining ventures.

Published on: GreenCareer

The Transport Workers Union has slammed safety standards for truck drivers in oil, fuel and gas transport.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

Authorities have sought to set their safety message in stone, after a sweep of concrete truck compliance.

Published on: TradesCareer

There is disappointment in the air following a court ruling over safety hazards of excessive perfume.

Published on: OHSCareer

Researchers have developed a robot spleen to fight sepsis – a major cause of deaths in intensive care.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

Tails of dodgy developers and paper bags stuffed with dirty funds have shaken NSW politics, and a new inquiry seeks to check the foundation of the dubious building approvals.

Published on: TradesCareer

One of the toughest engineering quests is to create a transparent solar panel, and a team in the US has taken the biggest step so far.

Published on: GreenCareer

Reports say the opening of a new hospital could put hundreds of healthcare jobs at risk.

Published on: HealthCareer

A study has found the protocols for high-tech medicine are becoming accepted worldwide, an important step for the future of many treatments.

Published on: HealthCareer

Japan is testing a robot that could end the plague of lost productivity from long walks to the office printer.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

Local professionals should be protected from competition with 457 visa-holders in certain industries, AusIMM says.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) is refusing to let the Federal Government cut the Renewable Energy Target (RET) without a fight.

Published on: GreenCareer

Japan has approved the restart of some of its nuclear reactors, in a move that could pave the way for the nation’s nuclear systems to fire once more.

Published on: GreenCareer

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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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