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Tens of thousands of Australians took to the streets over the weekend, speaking out about the need to fight climate change with realistic methods.

Published on: WaterCareer

Cambridge researchers have gone back to the drawing board for solar cells, looking to redesign the entire system to allow better efficiency with cheaper materials.

Published on: GreenCareer

Western Australia’s peak medical group has taken out a full page newspaper advertisement to tell people to take their Statins.

Published on: EducationCareer

A French court has ruled a German company must pay compensation to women whose breast implants ruptured.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The New South Wales Government has rejected the unanimous recommendation of a parliamentary committee, disallowing a possible pain treatment for AIDS sufferers.

Published on: HealthCareer

Several states have now banned the use of ultra-violet solarium sun-beds, but the outlawing has cause outrage from some operators in Queensland.

Published on: TradesCareer

An international team has pin-pointed the genes responsible for an increased chance of severe asthma in children, which could one day lead to much more effective treatments.

Published on: HealthCareer

Swedish medical researchers have conducted a study to compare automatic and manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques, to see which has the best survival results.

Published on: HealthCareer

A team in the US have developed a new method for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, which is more accurate than standard ways for measuring ‘bad’ cholesterol.

Published on: HealthCareer

Media billionaire Kerry Stokes says it is unfair that companies like Google are a source of competition in Australia, while not having to pay taxes to take part.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The finance industry regulator is considering publishing more statistics and superannuation data, to enhance transparency in super funds.

Published on: TradesCareer

Diabetes Australia has welcomed the posting of its new president, the job being filled by a former MP and well-known contributor to the field.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

The bickering has turned to accusation-flinging as a stand-off unfolds in parliament, with neither side willing to adjust the position on the debt ceiling just yet.

Published on: ExecutiveCareer

A Parliamentary Inquiry says some non-metro students are struggling to find the beat, with poor access to music education recorded in Victoria.

Published on: EducationCareer

Nearly thirty schools were closed as over 1,800 teachers went on strike in the Northern Territory this week – and they say the industrial action will continue.

Published on: EducationCareer

A new project gives any student or teacher with an internet connection remote access to real a physics lab, and all the scientific discoveries they hold.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

The Federal Government has unleashed the Productivity Commission on the task of investigating infrastructure costs, looking for the best way to deliver on their promise for significant improvements.

Published on: EngineeringCareer

A new agreement could yield significant improvements for Western Australian vegetable producers, by linking them with local council resources.

Published on: TradesCareer

Cost-cutting measures will see the end of a local government association, leaving one less avenue for expertise, planning and advocacy.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

Delegates have travelled from around the world to attend a conference in Broken Hill, which celebrates the official links made between some global cities.

Published on: GovernmentCareer - Local

A taskforce has been created by a local government association to investigate the potentially harmful, impacts of mining development on regional communities.

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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