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Bonobos suffer from failing eyesight as they get older
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We are not the only ones who need glasses as we age — bonobos also become long-sighted as they get older, according to research that suggests declining vision is not a modern affliction but a natural process of ageing that is rooted in our past.
Topics: science-and-technology, eyes, mammals, evolution, animal-science, animal-behaviour, congo, congo-the-democratic-republic-of-the
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Four scientists who became world leaders
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One of Australia's top scientists, Professor Emma Johnston, has been calling for more scientifically minded people to govern us. But such an endeavour can come with complications.
Topics: science-and-technology, government-and-politics, engineering, australia, united-states, united-kingdom
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Record-breaking temperatures will be new normal by 2030 Opinion
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Global temperatures like 2015 will be normal by 2030, and Australia's record-breaking 2013 summer will likely be an average summer by 2035.
Topics: weather, climate-change, environment, environmental-policy, environmental-management, science-and-technology, australia
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Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, children, agricultural-machinery, internet-technology, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, personal-computers, bendigo-3550
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Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, children, agricultural-machinery, internet-technology, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, personal-computers, bendigo-3550
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Agtech experts helping kids code
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A new coding club for children in Bendigo uses volunteer mentors to assist with learning.
Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, children, agricultural-machinery, internet-technology, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, personal-computers, bendigo-3550
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'Futurist' Martin Ford looks at AI and what the robot revolution will bring Video
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Martin Ford is a leading US expert in the robot revolution and is in Australia for the Creative Innovation 2016 conference. He talks us through robots, robotics and the way they're taking over our lives.
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, australia
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Nearly half of Australian women not up to date with cervical cancer screening
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Forty-three per cent of Australian women are not being screened regularly enough for cervical cancer, a fatal disease that is almost completely preventable, according to the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation.
Topics: cervical-and-vulval-cancers, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nsw, nt, act, australia
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The young climate scientists aboard the RV Investigator
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Meet the scientists on board the CSIRO research ship the RV Investigator. The scientists reveal their passions, fears, and all you need to know about the future of climate science.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, climate-change, environment, australia
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'The pain disappears': Underwater world wins for its immersion therapy
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Underwater therapy, a dementia friendly community, tireless advocates — they are all amongst the winners for the National Disability Awards announced on Monday night.
Topics: disabilities, health, alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, inventions, kiama-2533, nsw, australia, adelaide-5000, sa
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Lack of funding 'sees scientists leaving labs in droves'
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Australia's scientists say the "innovation nation" is crumbling as more of them consider leaving the profession because of limited career prospects, a study reveals.
Topics: science, science-and-technology, work, careers, health, australia
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Floods boost bird populations across the country
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A profound environmental "silver lining" is winding its way down the country's river systems, all thanks to this year's devastating floods.
Topics: birds, animal-science, science-and-technology, renmark-5341, birdsville-4482, bedourie-4829, forbes-2871, winton-4735, vic, charlton-3525, kyalite-2734, goondiwindi-4390, st-george-4487, bathurst-2795, collarenebri-2833, qld, cunnamulla-4490, nsw, menindee-2879, sa
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'Extra-super Moon' on November 14 to be closest of 21st century
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Stargazers should mark November 14 in their calendars, if the weather is clear, to watch the Moon reach its closest point to Earth in 70 years.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, australia, united-states
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Viral giant huntsman spider photograph an 'optical illusion': expert
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A giant huntsman spider photographed by a Queensland animal rescuer last year is "quite normal in size," an arachnologist says.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, animal-behaviour, australia, qld
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Saying g'day with emojis: App explains quirks of Aussie culture
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If Australian lifestyle and culture was an emoji set, what would it look like?
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, indigenous-culture, lifestyle, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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Rare 'flasher' frog discovered near Newcastle
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Scientists discover a rare frog species in swampland north of Newcastle.
Topics: animal-science, biology, human-interest, science-and-technology, oyster-bay-2225, williamtown-2318, newcastle-2300, gosford-2250
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Queensland scientists developing vaccines to eliminate food allergies
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Vaccines against food allergies could soon be a reality, with north Queensland scientists currently working on a world-first treatment to prevent reactions to fish.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, food-poisoning, food-safety, science-and-technology, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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This lizard sucks water out of sand with its skin
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The secret to thorny devils' survival in the desert is shovelling sand on top of themselves to suck the moisture out of it, a study suggests.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-behaviour, reptiles, animal-science, australia
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Topics: botany, science-and-technology, australia
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New Canberra antenna likely to play vital role in missions to Mars
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A satellite antenna years in the making, which opens today near Canberra, could one day help track manned NASA missions to Mars, assisting in a "new era" of space exploration.
Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Elder on toilet break finds rock shelter, rewrites Aboriginal history
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A man getting out of the car to go to the toilet leads to the discovery of one of the most important sites in Australian prehistory — a rock shelter in the Flinders Ranges showing Aboriginal Australians settled the arid interior of the country 10,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Topics: science-and-technology, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, archaeology, sa
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