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4th generation Canegrower and Macademia Farmer Wayne Baldry from the Bundaberg Region is concerned the latest round of regulations proposed by ALP government removes long term security for farmers and uses their business of agriculture as a poltical football for the inner city electorates with no foundation in science. PIC: Vanessa Hunter for The Australian

Canegrowers worried reef laws will sour industry’s future

Canegrower Wayne Baldry is fearful about the future because of proposed new water-quality legislation for the Great Barrier Reef.

Graham Lloyd

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12/08/19 Peter and Ruth McMullin pictured at Melbourne University have given $4 million to the new Science Gallery under construction at the University of Melbourne. Aaron Francis/The Australian

$4m gift for Science Gallery

Science Gallery Melbourne received its largest private gift, courtesy of philanthropists Peter and Ruth McMullin.

MATTHEW WESTWOOD

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Pond scum and a story of hope

Her study of pond scum unlocked the secrets of ageing and won her a Nobel. Now Elizabeth Blackburn is on a bold new mission.

Cameron Stewart

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Resembling miniature underwater caterpillars, tardigrades boast teeny claws at the end of their legs, hence their "water bear" nickname.

Lunar life not as rare as we think

The colony of hardy bugs that recently crash-landed on the moon, were almost certainly not the first.

Tom Whipple

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Pepper robots by SoftBank Robotics are seen in an exhibitor's suite during CES 2018 in Las Vegas on January 11, 2018. The humanoid robot is designed to be a companion and is capable of recognizing human emotions. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan

The droid will see you now

Are you ready to take health advice from a robot? Trials are under way in which robots interact with patients in hospitals.

Chris Griffith

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A technician extracts blood from a patient for an HIV test at the Condesa Clinic, which specialises in HIV, in Mexico City on July 18, 2019. - The 10th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science will take place from July 21 to 24. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)

Blood test for Alzheimer’s

Patients face speedier diagnosis of the disease that affects 400,000 Australians.

TOM WHIPPLE

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Jamie Holt with his contact lens. Eye Contact makes contact lenses patients can sleep in.

Contacts zoom in blink of an eye

Scientists have created contact lenses that can zoom in and out with a simple blink of the eye.

TOM KNOWLES

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A star known as S0-2 made its closest approach to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way in 2018. Picture: National Science Foundation

Einstein proved right … again

Findings around the black hole at the centre of our galaxy provide fresh evidence backing the theory of general relativity.

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Aerial view of nuclear reactor facility at Lucas Heights in Sydney, NWS 14 Novr 2002. atomic energy/Atomic/energy

ANSTO raises nuclear medicine prices

The nuclear medicine sector has been hit by price rises of up to 9 per cent from the troubled government manufacturer.

SEAN PARNELL

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The ill winds of Green hypocrisy

Laws protecting wildlife are being ignored as the wind farm industry seeks to expand.

Graham Lloyd

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8/7/19: July 12 1969...The 1969 Moon landing as covered by The Australian Newspaper. John Feder/The Australian.

Soviet feat forced Kennedy’s hand

The first man in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was the impetus for America’s Apollo program.

EMILY RITCHIE

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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2019 AND THEREAFTER-In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)

Moon landing no conspiracy

The Apollo 11 conspiracy theorists are proof that idiots have risen to prominence in our times.

Jack the Insider

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People cool off at Madrid Rio park, located on a bank of Manzanares river in Madrid, on August 3, 2018. Three men have died from heatstroke in Spain as Europe sweltered in a record heatwave today, with temperatures hitting a scorching 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some areas and meteorologists saying only scant relief is in sight in the coming days. / AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU

Cold cities warm up for 2050

Temperatures will change so much that London’s climate will resemble Madrid’s, according to analysis.

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This handout photograph taken and released by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 11, 2019 shows researchers and employees celebrating after receiving confirmation of Hayabusa2's touchdown on the asteroid Ryugu, at the mission control room in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture. - Japan's Hayabusa2 probe touched down on a distant asteroid on July 11, the country's space agency said, on a mission to collect samples that could shed light on the history of the solar system. (Photo by Yutaka IIJIMA / ISAS-JAXA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ISAS-JAXA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Japanese probe lands on asteroid

Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe landed successfully yesterday on a distant asteroid for a final touchdown.

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Divers enjoy the colourful coral whilst swimming above the reef at Heron Island. PIC: Stuart Ireland, Calypso Reef Imagery

Reef’s serious challenges

Coral cover on the northern Barrier Reef shows signs of recovery but the outlook overall is mixed, says a new survey.

Graham Lloyd

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Forty-nine years ago on July 20, 1969, humanity stepped foot on another celestial body and into history. Mission Commander Neil Armstrong documented the lunar mission and snapped this image of Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, as he carried the Passive Seismic Experiments Package (in his left hand) and the Laser Ranging Retroreflector (in his right) to the deployment area. These two experiments made up the Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package. This photograph was taken at Tranquility Base in our Moon's Mare Tranquillitatis, or Sea of Tranquility.Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is sedium. Tilt direction is South (S).Image Credit: NASA

That’s one small walk

The Apollo 11 crew members had the time for their moon walk cut to a tenth of what they had been expecting.

Emily Ritchie

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The discovery of a skull in Greece has recast the human migration story.

Skull resets migration clock

A skull unearthed in Greece may be the earliest evidence of modern humans outside Africa.

Tom Whipple

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‘Climate change? Really not for us’

Strongly conservative people are less likely to support action on climate change, new research has found.

Graham Lloyd

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The Apollo 11 Saturn V lifts off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy's Launch Complex 39A.Image credit: NASA

A giant leap for tech

The race to the moon created new technology and new ideas about innovation.

Chris Griffith

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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine receives a congratulatory call from Vice President Mike Pence after receiving confirmation that the Mars InSight lander successfully touched down on the surface of Mars on November 26, 2018, inside the Mission Support Area at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. - Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a $993 million unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on the Red Planet and managed to send back its first picture. (Photo by Bill INGALLS / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/ BILL INGALLS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Come to Mars with us: NASA

The head of NASA is urging Australia to partner with the US in returning to the moon, then Mars.

Cameron Stewart

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