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| UpdatedNASA marks the 50th anniversary of its Moon program's fatal Apollo launch pad fire with the first public display of the scorched hatch that trapped three astronauts inside their spaceship during a routine pre-launch test.
Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, spacecraft, science-and-technology, air-and-space, accidents, united-states
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The peculiar sequence of numbers at the heart of The Da Vinci Code shows up not only in plants themselves, but also in the way we design gardens.
Topics: gardening, lifestyle-and-leisure, mathematics, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedIt may be possible one day to grow human organs inside other animals for use in transplants, with scientists hailing the successful creation of the first human-pig hybrid embryo.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, breakthroughs, medical-research, health, research, research-organisations, united-states, australia, spain
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year recipient Alan Mackay-Sim used his acceptance speech to urge politicians to think beyond the political horizon when it comes to research funding — so where does Australia sit in comparison with the rest of the world?
Topics: medical-research, science-and-technology, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, australia
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Computer scientists develop an artificial intelligence that is just as good at picking out skin cancers as dermatologists, according to a new study.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, skin-cancer, skin, diseases-and-disorders, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedFor thousands of years it was thought impossible to regenerate the spinal cord. Now we know it's both possible and safe, thanks to the pioneering work of the 2017 Australian of the Year.
Topics: science-and-technology, stem-cells, medical-research, health, research, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedNo summer barbecue would be complete without the great Aussie salute of waving away a fly. Sure it's a nuisance, but the Australian bush fly gets a bad rap.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, australia
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Beverley O'Connor asks UK molecular biologist Nicola Patron, of the Earlham Institute about a potentially groundbreaking way to edit DNA.
Topics: science-and-technology, health, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedMost scientists work for the benefit of humankind. But for Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, his work has given real hope.
Topics: human-interest, awards-and-prizes, science-and-technology, australia
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| Updated"Semi-synthetic" bacteria with a six-letter genetic code — the natural G, T, C, A bases and an additional synthetic X and Y base pair — are successfully engineered by scientists.
Topics: genetics, science-and-technology, united-states
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If you've thought of using a VPN to get around the Federal Court’s blocking of The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing websites, you might want to take a closer look – especially if have an Android device.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.
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| UpdatedA blowout costing up to $60 million to Brisbane City Council's technology upgrades will result in more money being spent on a new system than it is projected to save over 10 years.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, local-government, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedSure, Australia is gradually heading north — but we're also turning sideways, bobbing up and down, and entire cities are moving further apart. And we know all this thanks to black holes.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, geography, australia
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| UpdatedA tiny lizard unique to Central Australia has been successfully bred at the Alice Springs Desert Park, with each hatchling weighing in at just 2 grams.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, human-interest, animals, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedAustralian physicists invent a nano-material that could soon allow smartphones to snap stunning 3D images, bringing Star Wars-style holograms to life.
Topics: science-and-technology, photography, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia, australian-national-university-0200
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Adelaide researchers may have found a better way to use anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent breast cancer.
Topics: breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, science-and-technology, breakthroughs, medical-research, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA captive-bred orange-bellied parrot chick survives its first week with an adoptive mother in the wild, in a world-first trial of fostering as a strategy to boost the endangered species in the wild. But there are no guarantees of success.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, science-and-technology, birds, animal-science, environment, tas, australia
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As you head to the beach or the bush this summer, how equipped are you to protect yourself from a nasty sting or bite?
Topics: science-and-technology, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedScientists unearthed fossils of an intriguingly large otter as big as a wolf that frolicked in rivers and lakes in south-western China about 6.2 million years ago.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, china
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| UpdatedReuters technology reporter in South Korea, Vincent Lee, speaks to Beverley O'Connor about Samsung's findings into the defective smart phone batteries.
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The spread of fake news online leads scientists to develop a "vaccine" to inoculate the public against what they describe as the damaging effects of misleading myths about climate change.
Topics: information-and-communication, science-and-technology, internet-culture, social-media, community-and-society, england
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| UpdatedA team of researchers is learning more about the behaviours of reef, or coastal, manta rays (Manta alfredi) at Ningaloo Reef on Western Australia's north-west coast.
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