Tech firm offers hope to disabled
A cutting-edge Australian-US tech firm in the disabilities sector will list on the ASX on Monday.
Science
It’s the science that’s rotten, not the Reef
It is remarkable that the world has been convinced that one of its most pristine ecosystems is on its last legs. The science behind this claim is wrong … but no-one wants to remedy the problem.
Great balls of fire: space capsule back safely
A manmade fireball that fell to Earth was seen and heard by more than 80 instruments that were placed across 600km of outback country around Woomera.
The key to Covid immunity
Why have East Asian countries experienced far fewer cases and deaths than the US and Europe?
Asteroid dust may reveal origins of life
Samples collected from a distant asteroid arrived in the southern Australian desert overnight after being dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2.
Critical vaccine race intensifies
Governments are scrambling to secure the small number of doses from Western companies as Russia and China race to fill the gap.
Corals co-ordinate for spawning frenzy
Any tick of the clock now, the Great Barrier Reef will explode into a frenzy of new life as corals spawn in technicolour unison, an enduring wonder of the natural world.
Macca’s sub-Antarctic parakeet can fly again
Plans are being hatched to resurrect a parakeet long extinct from Australia’s southernmost landmass: sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island.
Cancer survivors offer vaccine hope
People who survive multiple separate instances of cancer are believed to hold the key to a future cancer vaccine that could be just a few years away.
NASA wants lunar dust that won’t cost the moon
Companies plan to carry out the collection during already scheduled unmanned missions to the moon in 2022 and 2023.
3D map of stars shows mass of Milky Way
British scientists have led the creation of the first accurate 3D atlas of the Milky Way.
Pfizer slashes its vaccine rollout target
The pharma giant expects to ship half the doses it had originally planned after finding raw materials in early production didn’t meet its standards.
Great Barrier Reef outlook ‘critical’
A UN report has downgraded the reef’s prospects, as climate change replaces invasive species as a major threat.
Science fast-forwards into the future
A year of rapid research advances has raised hopes for plastic-eating enzymes and cures for the diseases of old age.
Vape liquid dangers revealed in new study
People who vape are being exposed to an array of harmful chemicals that could be acutely toxic, a new study finds.
China lands probe on moon
China on Tuesday landed a probe on the moon in humanity’s first bid since the 1970s to return lunar samples to Earth.
Telescope of GoldenEye fame collapses
Arecibo Observatory telescope which once featured in Bond film destroyed in Puerto Rico as 800kg receiver plunges 140m
Melbourne gets 67-million-year-old visitor
The most complete and finely preserved triceratops ever found is moving into Melbourne Museum.
How over-40s can avoid surgeon’s knife
Orthopaedic surgeon Bill Ribbans has helped to prolong the careers of many sports stars. Now he wants to help you to stay in shape
Gilmour seeks $40m for lift-off
This hi-tech start-up says outer space should represent a foreign export opportunity for Australia.
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