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An assistance package offered by a mining company to a small town in NT may be expanded with extra Federal Government help.

Published on: TradesCareer

Seventy million dollars will be spent in an effort to convert 25 per cent of public schools to the Independent Public School model, with Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne now announcing a special ambassador to help make it happen.

Published on: EducationCareer

Engineers have created an LED consisting of a single molecule, reaching the end point on the race to make miniature light sources.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

An Australian research team has found indications that a set of drugs for a blood disorder may be able to treat both stomach and bowel cancer.

Published on: HealthCareer

A team from the University of Queensland is not so sure about Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

New research could shake our understanding of the origins of life on Earth, setting the date back about a billion years.

Published on: GreenCareer

Despite the city of Adelaide being placed in the driest state on the driest inhabited continent, underneath its streets flow substantial quantities of water.

Published on: WaterCareer

A new study has assessed how difficult it is for fish to swim through large waves, and it turns out that many have little choice but to go with the flow.

Published on: GreenCareer

Just as answering one question leads to several more, developments in one scientific field often create entirely new areas of study.

Published on: GreenCareer

Some insiders are unsure what to make of a big jump in profits for an online real estate advertiser.

Published on: FinanceCareer

A Federal Government Minister is pushing for billions of dollars to help workers toiling in some of the worst conditions for decades, and it looks like the Prime Minister is keen to help too.

Published on: TradesCareer

The public sector union says no good will come from the Federal Government decision to scrap the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission.

Published on: FinanceCareer

Timing is indeed crucial, with a new paper finding time is the difference between fear and surprise in facial expressions.

Published on: EducationCareer

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has, after “rigorous assessment”, approved the disposal of dredge spoil within the Marine Park, making only minor requests in the granting of the dredge permit.

Published on: TradesCareer

Victorian Transport Association (VTA) CEO Neil Chambers has opened fire on an error in the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL), which he says is impossible to comply with and could lead to legal action.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The Liberal and Labor parties in South Australia have a heavy transport focus in their bids for the upcoming state election, but each has taken a slightly different route.

Published on: TradesCareer

The federal government has put up $8.9 million to upgrade 39 remote airstrips across Australia.

Published on: LogisticsCareer

The federal government has provided $14.5 million to fund the creation of a Cooperative Research Centre for Alertness, Safety and Productivity – which will look to reduce the damage of fatigue and poor alertness on workplace safety and productivity.

Published on: TradesCareer

A legal complaint has been lodged with the Fair Work Commission over the treatment of a mine worker in WA, who says he was fired after complaining about an injury.

Published on: TradesCareer

The Calibre Group has expended its broad portfolio, buying up New Zealand-based engineering and surveying firm Spiire NZ.

Published on: TradesCareer

A representative body for engineers has questioned why a technical design project in Queensland will not consult with engineering experts.

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. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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