Experts have achieved something thought to be years away: the fault-tolerant teleportation of a logical qubit.

World leaders are adopting the United Nations’ Pact for the Future.

The US Government has proposed a ban on Chinese software in internet-connected vehicles, citing national security threats.

Spanish energy company Acciona Energia has proposed a $6 billion, 3-gigawatt wind farm in Western Australia's south-west.

The Albanese government’s coal mine extensions have ignited a fiery climate controversy.

The Federal Government has launched a decade-long overhaul of Australia’s flood warning systems.

Engineers are testing foldable, self-locking tubes for strong building materials.

X-rays may be used to deflect dangerous asteroids from Earth.

Engineered stone products will be banned from entering the country next year.

State and federal ministers are attempting to overhaul Australia's vocational future.

A planned summit could become a showdown for Australia's construction industry.

Scientists are using sunlight to convert greenhouse gases into valuable industrial chemicals.

A new method of producing ammonia could greatly reduce carbon emissions in agriculture and clean energy transport.

Intel will receive $3 billion to keep America’s chip supply chain in-house.

The NSW Government says it is overhauling its procurement policies.

New evidence points to infected animals as the source of COVID-19.

The Coalition’s nuclear power push would leave households with a $665 annual bill increase, analysis shows.

Queensland says local businesses will power its renewable energy future, though a major project faces delays.

Western Australia is adjusting gas exports in an attempt to secure local energy and jobs.

The PEP-11 gas project has suffered another blow after years of political drama.

Artificial intelligence may soon learn through a process similar to human thinking.

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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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