An Australian-first biobank will be established to improve and discover new treatments for children with ...

Australia is set to bolster its maritime surveillance capabilities with a hefty $1.5 billion upgrade.

The Albanese government is making drastic cuts to infrastructure projects, declaring a 10-year hiatus on new ...

Australia's long-awaited digital identity legislation has made its way to Parliament.

Local researchers are ‘bioprinting’ living brain cell networks in the lab.

New technology can measure the tiniest changes in how the Earth spins.

New technology could push boundaries in clean tech, healthcare and energy.

BHP has alerted its investors to dividend cuts under the Albanese government's “same job same pay” reforms.

A UN expert has warned of health and climate risks in the NT’s Middle Arm project.

Two South Australian building companies have collapsed in recent weeks.

Analysts say that a coal-to-nuclear conversion would be a costly gamble for Australia.

Australian students will soon build their own nuclear fusion device.

Researchers have grown ‘humanised’ kidneys inside pigs using human embryonic stem cells.

Researchers have decoded Wi-Fi signals to extract keystrokes for password theft.

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard of the health consequences of lead, gold, silver, and zinc mining operations.

In a big legal move, California has taken five of the world's biggest oil giants to court.

Woodside's ambitious gas project off Western Australia's northern coast has hit a snag.

The Offshore Alliance has undertaken a second 24-hour strike at Chevron's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Western Australia.

Australian researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-slaying material.

Australian researchers are testing designs for floating sea farms to ease food shortages.

The NSW Government has halted the expansion of the Wyangala Dam.

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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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