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More than double the number of enrolments has led t a big expansion of kindergarten ethics classes in New South Wales.
Ronaldo meets R2D2 in robot world cup
Next week marks the start of the football World Cup many have been waiting for.
Science keeps slipping with signs of more cuts
There are fears of a brain drain in Tasmania, with warnings that half the state’s CSIRO staff face the sack.
Astronomical options at launch of new space site
Australian space scientists will build a domestic satellite industry at the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC), now that it is complete.
Hours added to running of the dinosaurs
High-tech imaging has revealed new complexity in a Queensland fossil site once thought to be caused by a massive stampede.
Icy divide is a sign of the times
Satellite analysis has shown that since 1979 sea-ice cover has shrunk around the Arctic, but grown in the Antarctic.
Minds meet to soak G20 in good ideas
Teams across the country will be working furiously on their entries for the G20 water challenge.
New motors fire low-speed high-energy future
Australian engineers say greater efficiency will flow from improved electric motors.
New science book shines on local species
Australia’s biodiversity is a part of its national identity, and a new book from CSIRO details an incredible range of ways to keep it safe.
Oil splitter springs new treatment option
A simple yet powerful Australian water treatment technology will be brought to the global market.
Star-gazing gives new view on cancer
Researchers have looked to alien life-forms for a potentially revolutionary new view of cancer.
Nanotube mat is blacker than black
Black has become blacker, with the development of a material that reflects almost no light whatsoever.
Soft science for squishy robots
A new phase-changing material could soften up the world for the age of shape-shifting robots.
Global team sees success in trial for blind help
Tests are looking positive for a new drug to treat a form of childhood blindness.
Clear divide could be new brick in social wall
‘A wall to bring people together’ sound likes a strange concept, but that is exactly what the developers of a new interactive display surface hope to achieve.
Memory gives universal brain boost
No matter the language or socio-economic class, a new study shows memory is the key to learning.
Sibling teachers bring new learning level
Clearly, young children learn a lot from their older siblings, but new research has revealed some of the ways that sibling-teachers ply their pedagogy.
Boat song confused with coral calling
A fisheries study has shown that the noise a vessel makes can attract invasive pest species.
Eyes in space can spy rising tides
NASA says satellites can predict massive floods nearly a year before they occur.
Magnets talk to bring quantum days closer
Australian researchers are working on one step of the process that could see quantum information teleporting around the world instantaneously.
Tribal mindset mapped with maths
Researchers have developed a mathematical model to examine online social networks, looking at whether we prefer to copy our friends or go with the opinion of the masses.