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Solar car race from Darwin to Adelaide highlighted in new movie
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Australian engineering students building the next generation of faster, lighter and more efficient solar cars for this year's Darwin to Adelaide race are excited about a new IMAX movie that will showcase the event to an American audience.
Topics: solar-energy, engineering, adelaide-5000, darwin-0800
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Controversial Dakota Access pipeline set to go ahead Video
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Brandon Barnes, a senior litigation analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence about the legal options for Native Americans who oppose the pipeline.
Topics: environmental-impact, indigenous-other-peoples, engineering, united-states
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Topics: engineering, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, unions, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450
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Topics: unions, government-and-politics, engineering, manufacturing, industry, coffs-harbour-2450
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World's first custom-built floating city could rise in French Polynesian waters Audio
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For the past five years, The Seasteading Institute in San Francisco has been researching the potential for what it describes as permanent, innovative communities, floating at sea.
Topics: science-and-technology, ecology, engineering, defence-and-national-security, community-and-society, climate-change, pacific, french-polynesia, united-states, france
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How to sync your Christmas lights with the radio
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Ever wondered how Christmas enthusiasts sync their lights with a radio station? Here's how.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-society, consumer-electronics, engineering, radio-broadcasting, mackay-4740
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Where are the women scientists, tech gurus and engineers in our films? Opinion
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Are women not working in science because there are very few women portrayed in films and on TV who are working in science?
Topics: film-movies, women, engineering, united-states
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Topics: engineering, community-and-society, human-interest, history, rockhampton-4700
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Iconic hand-wound tower clock keeps time turning
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Winding Rockhampton's historic clock tower is a job that's stood the test of time.
Topics: engineering, community-and-society, human-interest, work, history, rockhampton-4700
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All you need to know about Air Force One
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Donald Trump is kicking up a stink over the new Air Force One planes, but here are a few cool reasons the planes might be so expensive.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, engineering, united-states
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Why space junk is coming back to bite us
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Space junk is crowding out spacecraft and telecommunication satellites, and putting humans at risk. It's a big problem, and getting bigger every day.
Topics: science-and-technology, engineering, air-and-space, astronomy-space
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Volunteers work to restore the Great Melbourne Telescope Video
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An ambitious restoration project to revive the historic Great Melbourne Telescope (GMT) in time for its 150th anniversary is running out of time and money.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, history, community-and-society, engineering, melbourne-3000, vic
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Bid to revive historic Melbourne telescope running out of time
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An ambitious restoration project to revive the Great Melbourne Telescope in time for its 150th anniversary is running out of time and money.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, history, community-and-society, engineering, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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RMIT's Hyperloop prototype could change travel forever
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Imagine travelling between Sydney and Melbourne at the speed of sound — that is the dream of Melbourne university students who will compete next year in the "Hyperloop Pod" competition.
Topics: science-and-technology, engineering, research, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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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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Maintenance issue could be behind Dreamworld tragedy, expert says
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Maintenance issues are more likely to be responsible for the deadly Dreamworld accident than the age of the family-friendly ride, an amusement ride engineer says.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, engineering, coomera-4209, qld, mermaid-beach-4218, southport-4215, australia
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Coffee and cake catch-ups help women in STEM
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A computer programmer, an engineer, an animator and a filmmaker meet for cake and a chat. It's not a joke, it's the building of a community for women working and studying in STEM.
Topics: women, engineering, science-and-technology, community-and-society, social-capital, human-interest, hobart-7000
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Topics: immigration, engineering, canberra-2600
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Men still doing more STEM university subjects than women, study shows
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Male students are still embarking on more technical subjects at university than women, before going to earn — on average — $3,000 more per year when they graduate, new research shows.
Topics: education, university-and-further-education, science, subjects, science-and-technology, mathematics-education, engineering, sydney-2000, nsw
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Renny Chivunga is an engineer image
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Topics: engineering, women, newcastle-2300
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Newcastle woman Renny Chivunga image
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Topics: engineering, women, newcastle-2300
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Renny Chivunga on the grass image
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Topics: engineering, women, newcastle-2300
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Topics: engineering, automotive, industry, germany
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Submarine design could be career option for Tasmanian students
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Launceston engineering students work on designing and manufacturing a model submarine in the hope it will lead to a career.
Topics: industrial-design, engineering, education, launceston-7250
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A model submarine, designed and built by the high school students image
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A model submarine, designed and built by the high school students
Topics: engineering, launceston-7250
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