The federal government has released its updated National Hydrogen Strategy.

The Australian Government has launched public consultations on its $523 million Battery Breakthrough Initiative.

The rate of multiple births from IVF treatments has reached a historic low.

Researchers say that a debate over the role of radiotherapy in treating gastric and gastro-esophageal cancer has been resolved.

Flinders University scientists are developing exciting alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.

The world's first whole eye transplant has shown promising response to light.

Social media appears to be eroding life satisfaction among Australian high school students.

Scientists have proven that galaxies are much much bigger than they appear.

CSIRO says global methane emissions have surged by 20 per cent over the last two decades.

Research shows crown-of-thorns starfish thrive in the coral devastation they create.

Engineers have created an advanced new robotic leg, powered by artificial muscles.

New technology could use PFAS to make better batteries.

The Victorian Government is funding next-generation mRNA medicine research.

A major weight loss drug could lower the risk of death from heart disease, infections, and even COVID-19.

Superbugs are spreading in aged care homes due to overuse of antibiotics.

Citizen scientists have made new findings on threatened fish species in the Murray-Darling Basin.

Most of the world’s population will see new rainfall extremes in the next 20 years, experts say.

New research reveals that heart damage from COVID-19 often stabilises after hospitalisation.

Despite a recent rise, HIV diagnoses in Australia have shown a steady decline over the past decade.

ASIO wants better access to encrypted chats.

Local scientists are working on 6G communications technology.

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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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