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In an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, a user corrects a NASA scientist after their "brain fart" and experts answer burning questions about the newly discovered planetary system.
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, united-states
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| UpdatedThe way you walk is almost as unique as your fingerprint, and a researcher at the University of Canberra hopes tracking the way older people move could be used to prevent potentially fatal falls.
Topics: older-people, health, medical-research, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queen Garnet plum, which has been hailed as a "super-fruit" has hit supermarket shelves this month.
Topics: fruit, agricultural-marketing, medical-research, balingup-6253, perth-6000, mullalyup-6252
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While relationships between prison inmates and psychologists are rare, one expert says even highly trained therapists are not immune to bias and potential manipulation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, mental-health, psychology, health, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSolar energy is now cheaper in Australia than retail power prices in most capital cities after dropping 58 per cent in the past five years, the Climate Council says.
Topics: environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, nuclear-energy, solar-energy, science-and-technology, energy, coal, australia
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| UpdatedThese are the people implanting microchips under their skin as they attempt to take human evolution into their own hands.
Topics: science-and-technology, pseudo-science, biology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, australia
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| UpdatedSeven Earth-sized planets, some of which fall within the Goldilocks zone and could harbour life, have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star in our own galactic neighbourhood.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, planets-and-asteroids
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| UpdatedThe world's longest-running personality study finds that by the time you reach the age of 77, you bear almost no resemblance to your 14-year-old self.
Topics: research, science-and-technology, psychology, scotland, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedAn Australian team of international scientists is hoping to discover whether meltwater is speeding up the disintegration of the Antarctic's glaciers.
Topics: climate-change, science-and-technology, environmental-impact, earth-sciences, research, antarctica
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has approved the importation of medicinal marijuana. But it still won't be easy for people to get a prescription.
Topics: medical-research, health, cannabis, australia
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Overeating is having a bigger impact than simply affecting waistlines — the world's population is consuming around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost 9 per cent is thrown away or left to spoil, a new study finds.
Topics: environment, food-processing, science-and-technology, research, scotland
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Earthquakes can cause immense damage to buildings and infrastructure, trigger tsunamis, and reshape the Earth's surface with their force. But how do earthquakes begin, and why are some much more devastating than others?
Topics: science-and-technology, geology, earthquake, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian scientists contribute to a world-first study using locally made cameras mounted on wild dolphins off the coast of Kaikoura in New Zealand.
Topics: animals, science-and-technology, animal-science, oceans-and-reefs, environment, the-university-of-sydney-2006, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThere are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.
Topics: animals, human-interest, rural, animal-science, animal-welfare, australia, act, wa, qld, tas, nt, nsw, sa
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| UpdatedExploration could be about to take off with the Australian Antarctic Division investigating a new year-round runway site on the icy continent.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, research, engineering, environment, antarctica, australia
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| UpdatedIf you've been following tech news lately you'll know the industry is facing a bit of a skills shortage in Australia. So with major companies like Google and government departments seeking out tech gurus, what is causing this decline?
Topics: education, subjects, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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The discovery of a significant megafauna fossil discovery in a cave near Naracoorte will feature on a new Discovery Channel documentary series called "Modern Dinosaurs'.
Topics: fossils, dinosaurs, naracoorte-5271
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| UpdatedThe vaccine for Q fever will hopefully soon be available to younger children, pending the results of medical trials.
Topics: infectious-diseases-other, health, community-and-society, family-and-children, livestock, science-and-technology, cobargo-2550, bega-2550
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West Australian Department of Fisheries technical officer Rhys Allen spends his days collecting data from dead fish to help manage the local fishery.
Topics: fish, animal-science, science-and-technology, fishing-aquaculture, rural, geraldton-6530, wa
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| UpdatedA SpaceX Falcon rocket blasts off from a historic NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, from which astronauts flew to the moon nearly a half-century ago.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, spacecraft, united-states
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| UpdatedInternet giant Google is about to launch a hiring raid for Australia's best and brightest hackers in a move likely to exacerbate a major IT skills shortage in government agencies.
Topics: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, security-intelligence, australia, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedNew technology is giving Australian scientists an unprecedented insight into the hidden world of seabirds in the harsh and inhospitable Antarctic environment.
Topics: birds, animal-science, climate-change, antarctica
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| UpdatedPeople with prosopagnosia know when they see a face, but their brain can't process who it belongs to.
Topics: health, genetic-disorders, brain-and-nervous-system, psychology, australia
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Genomic sequencing technology introduced to Melbourne in two years ago has vastly improved the ability to identify rare genetic disorders in children, say experts, who are marking their 100th successful condition detection.
Topics: genetics, science-and-technology, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA $400-million science and technology precinct for Hobart's CBD is now a step closer to becoming a reality after being given approval from Australia's peak infrastructure advisory body.
Topics: science-and-technology, university-and-further-education, education, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, tas