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| UpdatedFewer than 10 scientists at the nation's pesticide and animal medicines regulator will move from Canberra to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's electorate.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, public-sector, animal-science, science-and-technology, canberra-2600, act, australia, armidale-2350, nsw
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| UpdatedAboriginal families in Western Australia's north are finding ways to reclaim a sacred image that sparked rumours of Arab voyages and aliens during the early days of British exploration — the large, looming Wandjina.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, arts-and-entertainment, art-history, visual-art, science-and-technology, history, derby-6728, wa, broome-6725
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Australia's performance in science continues to slide due to ineffective, traditional teaching practices and an outdated curriculum. Here's what needs to change.
Topics: science, environment-education, psychology-education, mathematics-education, university-and-further-education, education, government-and-politics, federal-government, access-to-education, educational-resources, science-and-technology, australia
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The largest clinical trial ever conducted in Australia aims to find out if taking a daily low dose of aspirin can prevent disease in healthy older people.
Topics: health, pharmaceuticals, medical-research, science-and-technology, research, older-people, australia
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Scientists have joined forces with Sydney's Taronga Zoo and the tech giant Google, to build an app that allows Australians to gather information about one of our most unique and elusive animals, the platypus.
Topics: environment, endangered-and-protected-species, science-and-technology, animal-science, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, is in a stable condition after being evacuated from the South Pole to a New Zealand hospital because of a medical problem.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, travel-health-and-safety, science-and-technology, space-exploration, new-zealand
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| UpdatedFormer Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is recovering well in a New Zealand hospital after being medically evacuated from the South Pole.
Topics: science-and-technology, space-exploration, travel-health-and-safety, new-zealand, asia
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Changes to gut microbes can influence the development of Parkinson's-like movement disorders, according to a study of mice predisposed to the neurological condition.
Topics: parkinson-s-disease, science-and-technology, microbiology, stomach-and-digestion, australia
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| UpdatedThe discovery of an enormous reservoir of ultra-cold gas, 100 billion times the mass of our Sun, in a distant galaxy reshapes our scientific understanding of how stars and galaxies formed in the early universe.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, galaxies, australia
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| UpdatedFor more than 20 years Giles Walker has been turning industrial odds and ends into fully functional kinetic robots.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, street-art, performance-art, arts-and-entertainment, sculpture, visual-art, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved a phase three clinical trial for MDMA — or ecstasy — to be used as a form of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. So, what is MDMA and what implications might the trial have for sufferers in Australia?
Topics: mental-health, health, science-and-technology, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedCyber crime victims are hiring professional hackers and private investigators to get to the bottom of online scams that authorities refuse to touch.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, internet-technology, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAn unusual sea slug that looks like a Pokemon, eats blue bottles and has a powerful sting has been spotted on a Gold Coast beach.
Topics: marine-biology, science-and-technology, offbeat, rainbow-bay-4225
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Queensland scientists use GPS technology to confirm long-held suspicions that migrating dugongs swim close to the shore, with the research raising questions over whether shark nets need to be removed from their paths.
Topics: animal-science, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, environmental-management, science-and-technology, townsville-4810, hervey-bay-4655, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWhat will it take for hi-tech wheelchairs, exoskeletons, robotic arms and mind control to really change the everyday lives of people with physical disabilities?
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, computers-and-technology, disabilities
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The December night sky provides the best view of distant galaxies for professional astronomers, but you can see some of our closest neighbours too, if you know where to look.
Topics: science-and-technology, the-moon, stars, planets-and-asteroids, australia
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| UpdatedFor just $US20, a group of Sydney high school students recreate the key ingredient used in the drug Daraprim, which retails in the tens of thousands in the United States.
Topics: pharmaceuticals, health, science-and-technology, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA quarter of NT maths students fail to meet minimum standards, as a new report shows their outcomes are going backwards.
Topics: mathematics-education, education, schools, government-and-politics, science-and-technology, nt
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| UpdatedTackling the everyday struggle to get decent phone and internet coverage in country Australia will be the focus of a new consumer advocacy group.
Topics: internet-technology, rural, information-and-communication, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, australia
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An online robot lawyer designed to help people represent themselves in court state their case to the sentencing magistrate will be launched by a Melbourne law firm this week.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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| UpdatedA pregnant bottlenose dolphin is released back into waters off the Gold Coast after getting caught on a drumline this past weekend.
Topics: animals, human-interest, marine-biology, biology, science-and-technology, southport-4215
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| UpdatedThe European Space Agency releases detailed satellite imagery showing that San Francisco's 58-storey Millennium Tower is continuing to sink at a steady rate and perhaps faster than previously known.
Topics: science-and-technology, building-and-construction, human-interest, united-states
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| UpdatedThere have been further questions about the Instacharge smartphone app - which claims to be Fiji's first multi-billion dollar joint venture.
Topics: science-and-technology, mobile-phones, pacific, fiji