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Graham Phillips has a PhD in astrophysics and is a science journalist. @grahamp10

A food tech revolution is set to radically change what’s on the menu, if you’re game
Opinion
Food

A food tech revolution is set to radically change what’s on the menu, if you’re game

Start-ups are developing an appetite for far-reaching technological innovations that will change what we eat and, they hope, help save the planet.

  • by Graham Phillips

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Perhaps to save the planet we need to damage it even more
Opinion
Pollution

Perhaps to save the planet we need to damage it even more

While we continue to cop out of real climate action, geoengineering presents a radical alternative.

  • by Graham Phillips
Are plants aware? Maybe, but I’m more worried about robots than rosemary
Opinion
Gardening

Are plants aware? Maybe, but I’m more worried about robots than rosemary

Some researchers now believe plants can learn, remember and make decisions. But other sentient entities may pose a greater risk.

  • by Graham Phillips
Science rockstar was a gent and playful trickster

Science rockstar was a gent and playful trickster

Astronomer Frank Drake pretty much started the modern scientific enterprise known as SETI – the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.

  • by Graham Phillips
Should we even bother going back to the moon?
Opinion
Space

Should we even bother going back to the moon?

Even if you don’t see going to the moon as little more than a boys’ own adventure, but with girls allowed this time, it’s hard to see how the economics work.

  • by Graham Phillips
Aliens may already be here, but how would we know?
Opinion
Space

Aliens may already be here, but how would we know?

Extraterrestrials will not be a bit like us. In reality, they are likely to be dramatically different – probably not beings at all but a form of technology.

  • by Graham Phillips

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/by/graham-phillips-p536fj