Australia’s climate research capabilities have taken a leap forward.

A new research centre is targeting the elimination of violence against women.

The government’s $3 billion in student debt relief has kicked in.

Ten bold thinkers reshaped science in 2024, tackling viruses, clocks, and the cosmos.

Google has announced a major advancement in quantum computing with its new chip, Willow.

One mutation could turn H5N1 from livestock nuisance to a potential human pandemic.

Record heat in 2023 has been linked to a decline in low-level clouds.

A CSIRO report again shows renewables are a far cheaper option than nuclear.

An international spy alliance has released a joint analysis addressing the radicalisation of young people.

Australian students excel in global tests, but girls are being left behind.

Economists have analysed the broader effects of new weight loss wonder drugs.

Australia’s R&D system is getting a long-overdue check-up.

Macquarie researchers have taken diamond manipulation to the atomic level.

Japanese researchers have introduced a new method for capturing water from the air.

An expert review deems the $13 billion Murray-Darling Basin Plan largely ineffective.

Researchers say a particular kind of PFOA may be more prevalent in the environment than predicted.

Researchers are designing custom DNA to fold into microscopic robots.

Scientists are questioning whether long COVID stems from a long infection.

Australia's agriculture sector has defied drought and decline to rake in near-record billions.

Australia has made progress in its efforts to combat climate change, but the road ahead remains steep.

Australians are spending over $65 million a month on medicinal cannabis, but ethical care seems optional.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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