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Australia's annual energy resources stocktake has been released.

The Defence Minister has expanded Australia’s military procurement web.

CrowdStrike says a bug in its quality control system led to a software update that caused widespread computer crashes.

Australian authorities are using Landsat data to revolutionise wetland management in Australia and Africa.

Hunter Water has announced immediate measures to lower water levels in Grahamstown Dam.

In the Pilbara region, iron ore mining has significantly impacted groundwater resources over the past two decades, but more sustainable approaches may be coming.

Researchers are reducing and eventually replacing the use of animals in medical studies.

New funding should see more than 14,000 tonnes of soft plastics diverted from South Australian landfills each year.

A new material with a molecular trapdoor has been created for selective gas adsorption.

Nations are negotiating a deep sea mining code as opposition mounts.

A $91 million federal investment has been made in a bid to slash over 1 million tonnes of climate pollution annually.

New funding seeks to strengthen international collaboration in critical minerals science.

An independent MP wants a new watchdog to address the “toxic elements” within the CFMEU.

A new Australian innovation could allow cheaper seafloor testing for offshore wind farms.

Electric vehicles (EVs) can provide critical backup power to the grid during blackouts and emergencies.

An international research team has successfully assembled the entire genome and 3D chromosomal structure of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth.

Plans for the world's largest renewable energy precinct have been approved by the Northern Territory EPA.

Andrew Forrest's ambitious venture into green hydrogen has faced a significant setback, resulting in job losses and project delays.

Local governments in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland are advocating for a more significant role in planning renewable energy projects.

Australian companies may be able to avoid legal scrutiny under a new greenwashing law.

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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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