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Category: Science
LSD Back In Fashion For Medical Use?
Recent studies using advanced brain scanning techniques are revealing new details of…
Reverse Engineering A Brain
The Swiss Blue Brain Project aims to create biologically detailed digital reconstructions…
Increased Bombardment From Outer Space
A new study using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests the…
World’s Biggest Air Purifier
China is building enormous towers in an effort to scrub dangerous pollution…
Bill Gates’ Warning On Gene Editing
Gates has joined the voices of concerned scientists around the world in…
The Internet Of Smells
Is it possible to simulate a smell through the nasal cavity by…
Gene Editing Chinese Twins
He Jiankui, an associate professor at Shenzhen’s Southern University of Science and…
Latest CSIRO Funding For AI And Space
Australia’s national science agency is spending up on space technology and AI.…
Winners And Finalists Of Little Big Idea Competition
Kids are amazing: energised and enthusiastic about science, tech and how to…
Anachronistic Arachnophobia
Peptides extracted from Australia’s deadly funnel web spider appear to be very…
How To Effectively Vaccinate Against Influenza
There were only 40,000 cases of influenza in the 2018 Australian flu…
2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes
A run through of some of the Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes, including…
Predicting Your Choices Before You’ve Made Up Your Mind
Researchers at Auckland University of Technology’s Knowledge Engineering and Discovery Research Institute…
The Militarisation Of Gene Editing Technologies
Though incredibly promising for eradicating nasty disease, there remain troubling questions about…
Anyone Can Become A Citizen Scientist
QuestaGame and Nature’s Notebook in the US encourage everyday people to photograph,…
CO2 At Highest Levels In 800,000 Years
In April 2018, average atmospheric carbon dioxide exceeded 410 parts per million.…
Was Nefertiti Buried With King Tut?
Not according to the latest ground-penetrating radar survey of the boy pharaoh’s…
Towards A Universal Flu Vaccine
Bill Gates and Google’s Larry Page launch the “Universal Influenza Vaccine Development…
A Brief History Of Stephen Hawking’s Time
Dr Ian Storey walks us through the late cosmologist’s career highlights. He…
Australian Government Releases Strategic Plan For Innovation, Science And Research
We’re good at research but not so good at developing the fruits…