Innovation
The PM talked up green steel. But is it even a thing?
Green steel could boost Australia’s export earnings, reduce emissions and hedge against declining coal exports in a cleaner world economy. If a lot of things go right.
- Nick O'Malley
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The big leap: Why Dyson employees are encouraged to ‘have the wrong thinking’
The Brooklyn-born executive leading Dyson’s latest foray into beauty offers a glimpse into how the “Apple of home appliances” reckons it can thrive outside its natural habitat.
- Jessica Yun
- Analysis
- Science
Who really ‘invented Wi-Fi’, and the problem of Australian science innovation
The story of how CSIRO came to lay claim to inventing Wi-Fi deserves scrutiny as the Trump administration threatens to withdraw scientific funding.
- Liam Mannix
- Opinion
- AI
DeepSeek’s success shows America’s failure to thwart China’s AI ambitions
The US has steadily tightened restrictions on sales of advanced chips to China. The emergence of DeepSeek’s AI model shows that they haven’t bitten – yet.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘The cleanest toilet in the world’: Why I joined a guided dunny tour
Tokyo’s public toilet project has spawned guided tours, Instagrammer invasions – and even a Wim Wenders film.
- Barry Divola
- Exclusive
- Climate solutions
From bottled lightning to ‘hempcrete’: The Australian innovations that could save the world
From harnessing the power of lightning to make fertiliser to using yeast to produce forest-friendly palm oil, these start-ups are helping solve big environmental problems.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
Albanese’s $15b tech fund gets ready to write first cheques
Two years after it was first legislated to beef up Australia’s competitiveness in technology and manufacturing, the National Reconstruction Fund is about to make its first investments.
- David Swan
- Exclusive
- Recycling
The secret facility extracting gold from electronic waste
Metallurgists are extracting gold, silver and copper as they hunt through your e-waste for precious metals.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Traveller Awards: 10 of the greatest innovations in travel
From a cutting-edge airline cabin to a trailblazing way to experience the outback, these new experiences are the ones you’ll want.
- Traveller team
Ice-cream with tomato sauce? McDonald’s is ending its test run of AI drive-thrus
But the fast-food giant has suggested it isn’t ruling out other potential artificial intelligence plans down the road.
- Wyatte Grantham-Philips
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