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SMART AIDThe Times

Hearing the right voices

Brain-guided hearing aid technology can pick out one voice in a crowded room.

World

Images from the fourth of The Five Deeps dive to Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. The Limiting Factor being recovered after it's first dive to the deepest point of the Challenger Deep. Picture: Discovery Channel/Deep Planet

Discovery 11km beneath the waves

When Victor Vescovo reached the depths of the Pacific Ocean he took the advice of Hollywood director James Cameron.

HealthThe Times

Woman holding senior woman's hand on bed

Best hope to curb dementia

With no prospect of effective treatment in sight, international experts issue guidelines.

Science

In this image, a mosaic composed of many images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and released by NASA on May 13, 2019, show wrinkle ridges in a region of the Moon called Mare Frigoris. - These ridges add to evidence that the Moon has an actively changing surface. (Photo by HO / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/ HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Shrinking moon gets wrinkly

The moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis.

The Times

This recent undated handout photograph obtained May 13, 2019 courtesy of the University of Akron shows the Hyptiotes cavatus spider holding its web in tension, the anchor line at left, and the trap line (connected to main web) at right. - The ability to store and amplify muscular energy in external devices like bows, bolt-throwers and catapults was long thought to be unique to humans. Now, though, we can add the triangle-weaver spider, or Hyptiotes cavatus, to the list, according to a study published Monday, May 13, 2019 that describes how the creature winds up its web to launch itself at prey. (Photo by S.I. HAN / UNIVERSITY OF AKRON / AFP) / With AFP Story by Issam AHMED: Spider species uses web to catapult itself at prey: study == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / S.I. HAN" / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

Spider weaves a killer catapult

The flies don’t have time to see their nemesis spring its trap.

Going rogueThe Wall Street Journal

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, He Jiankui is reflected in a glass panel as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. A Chinese investigation says Chinese scientist He, behind the reported birth of two babies whose genes had been edited in hopes of making them resistant to the AIDS virus, acted on his own and will be punished for any violations of the law. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Glory seeking scientist vanishes

Dr He Jiankui broke all the rules to create the world’s first gene-edited babies.

cancer breakthroughNation

Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre. Olivia visited the ONJ Centre in Heidelberg today, saying hello to some current patients benefiting from the programs at the Wellness Centre. Picture- Nicole Cleary

Blood test for breast cancer

A blood test to detect breast cancer could replace mammograms.

Climate changeThe Times

ESCAPE: BEST FOR 2016 .. CLASSIC V NEW .. The Arctic - Two polar bears on a small ice floe surrounded by water and ice. Mother and two years old cub. Picture: Getty

Scientists’ radical solution

Scientists have experimental plans to ‘repair’ the climate by refreezing the Arctic.

World

Penguin, seal poop fuel Antarctica

Nitrogen-rich droppings from colonies of cute penguins and seals are the foundation of Antarctica’s biodiversity.

VACCINATION DEBATEThe Times

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 10: Robert Kennedy Jr., heads up to a meeting at Trump Tower on January 10, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump continues to hold meetings at his New York residence to fill the remaining positions in his administration. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Kennedy family anti-vax feud

Three members of America’s Kennedy clan have publicly rebuked Robert Jr for his anti-vaccination stance.

HEALTHScience

RendezView. Fried Bacon (selective focus) on an old vintage wooden table. (Pic: iStock)

Have vegans got it right?

Experts warn even moderate amounts of ham, bacon and red meat are linked to bowel cancer.

CHEATING RESEARCHThe Times

EXECUTIVE .. TURN A BLIND EYE .. Man covering eyes with hands

Can’t hide those lying eyes

Infidelity is pretty much written all over the faces of some men, a new study suggests.

World

A full facial reconstruction model of a head based on the skull of Britain's oldest complete skeleton

Farmers replaced British hunters

Migrants from the Aegean arrived in Britain about 6000 years ago and virtually replaced the existing hunter-gatherers.

Climate changeScience

Behind the scenes of walrus' as seen in Our Planet on Netflix.

Questions over walrus deaths

Polar bears, drones and a documentary film crew may have been responsible for a mass suicide of walruses.

Technology

Professor Andy Koronios from University of South Australia who is leading the new centre. Photo: Catherine Leo.

Signal strong for satellite centre

Tracking livestock and detecting unlawful boat movements are possible with satellite software developed in Australia.

wellbeingThe Times

Three-month-old Maria Vitoria, granddaughter of Maria da Luz who plans to vote for leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil's presidential election, sleeps in a hammock inside her house, in Morro Do Veridiano, Belagua Municipality in Maranhao state, Brazil, October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Nacho Doce SEARCH "ELECTION POVERTY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC199A390240

Great mystery of the perfect slumber

The question of why we need to catch zzz’s on a regular basis is keeping bright minds awake.

World

People watch a screen showing a picture taken by the camera of the Israel Beresheet spacecraft of the moon surface as the craft approaches and before it crashed during the landing at the "Planetaya Planetarium" in the Israeli city of Netanya, on April 11, 2019. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israeli moonshot crashes

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet has crashed onto the moon after a series of technical failures during its final descent.

World

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying a communication satellite lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today via AP)

Musk sticks to Heavy lifting

The most powerful operational rocket in the world has launched on its first commercial mission.

The Times

TOPSHOT - A handout photo provided by the European Southern Observatory on April 10, 2019 shows the first photograph of a black hole and its fiery halo, released by Event Horizon Telescope astronomers (EHT), which is the "most direct proof of their existence," one of the project's lead scientists told AFP. (Photo by - / EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

First glimpse of a black hole

For the first time ever, scientists have released a photograph of a black hole, this one bigger than our solar system.

ANTI-VAX FURORENation

Mundine/Fearnley artwork for vaccination yarn

‘Got many mates with polio?’

Paralympian Kurt Fearnley has called out Anthony Mundine’s anti-vaccination comments.

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