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Few people are talking about revolutionary and maybe unexpected ways people will use driverless cars once they are autonomous and common place, writes Jonathan Roberts.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedA blue whale is spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead.
Topics: animals, human-interest, mammals---whales, animal-science, science-and-technology, portland-3305, vic
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International scientists returning from an eight-week trip to Antarctica's east coast dub their voyage a success, filling gaps in climate research and yielding the world's first detailed map of the region's sea floor.
Topics: earth-sciences, animal-science, science-and-technology, antarctica, hobart-7000
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Teaching coding to kids and getting them interested in technology young will help set them up for the future, says coding leader Linda Liukas.
Topics: science-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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NASA is planning a mission to visit a giant metal asteroid named 16 Psyche, which may hold secrets about the origin of planets.
Topics: science-and-technology, planets-and-asteroids, space-exploration, spacecraft, united-states
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Earth's interior temperature is about 60 degrees Celsius hotter than previously thought and could explain how tectonic plates move on Earth's surface, a 28-year-old United States PhD student accidentally finds in her research.
Topics: earth-sciences, offbeat, research, science-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedA new program is bringing together young people with tech skills and seniors who are keen to learn how to use devices like iPads and smart phones. And so far, it is a hit.
Topics: aged-care, community-and-society, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedTest your ear with this short quiz that probes your musicality — can you pick out subtle variations in pitch and rhythm?
Topics: science-and-technology, neuroscience, music
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A vest designed to shield astronauts from deadly solar particles in deep space or on Mars is set for trials on a lunar mission, its Israeli developers say.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, spacecraft, israel
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| UpdatedFor the first time, scientists create a structure resembling a mouse embryo, using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem cells, in research they say could help explain why two-thirds of human pregnancies fail during the early stages.
Topics: science-and-technology, reproduction-and-contraception, biology, stem-cells, pregnancy-and-childbirth, medical-research, research, united-kingdom
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A new cold tolerant, short season and water efficient medium grain rice variety is being hailed a game changer by Australian industry.
Topics: rice, agricultural-crops, science-and-technology, rural, jerilderie-2716, yanco-2703
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All around your beach towel, a cornucopia of organisms are living in the sand — sometimes microscopic, and almost always out of sight.
Topics: marine-biology, ecology, biology, science-and-technology, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Until recently, staff at the health clinic in Bhotechaur village, in Nepal's Sindhupalchowk region, had no way to examine their patients' ears for signs of infection.
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| UpdatedThe company behind Snapchat is valued at $44 billion after shares soar on its first day of trading on Wall Street, defying doubts about the company's early-stage business model and slowing user growth.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, information-and-communication, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedThere are signs of hope for a population of quokkas, a marsupial endemic to Western Australia, after it was largely wiped out by a fire.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, albany-6330
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| UpdatedIt took billions of years for most of the Earth's minerals to form, but scientists say hundreds more have been created in the years since the industrial revolution.
Topics: geology, research, science-and-technology, mineral-sands, archaeology, united-states, australia
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Topics: mining-rural, engineering, university-and-further-education, oil-and-gas, science-and-technology, environmental-technology, solar-energy, alternative-energy, mining-industry
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| UpdatedSnap passes its first major test on Wall Street, with the company pricing its initial public offering of 200 million non-voting shares at $17 each.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-culture, information-and-communication, united-states
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| UpdatedTiny mineralised filaments smaller than a human hair found in rocks more than 3.77 billion years old may be evidence of one of the oldest lifeforms on Earth, report scientists in a new study. But not everyone is convinced.
Topics: fossils, dinosaurs, science-and-technology, canada
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| UpdatedMany people believe they are "tone deaf", but can they be cured with training? We explore why tone deafness may literally be all in the mind.
Topics: science-and-technology, community-and-society, diseases-and-disorders, music-education, music, neuroscience
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| UpdatedArmed forces around the world are exploring technological and biological enhancements to their soldiers. But this raises a number of serious ethical concerns, before, during and after conflict.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, defence-industry, ethics, science-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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Australia's first drone pilot training school has opened in Port Macquarie on the New South Wales mid-north coast, with lifeguards among the first to graduate.
Topics: science-and-technology, adult-education, education, community-and-society, volunteers, emergency-incidents, government-and-politics, port-macquarie-2444, southport-4215, nsw
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The first genetic indicator of an eye disease which results in blindness has been discovered by an international team of researchers.
Topics: dna, science-and-technology, genetics, cloning-and-dna, eyes, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, research, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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| UpdatedOne in five regulatory scientists has quit and new offices will have to be built as the APVMA forges ahead with relocation.
Topics: chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, public-sector, science-and-technology, family-and-children, work, agricultural-chemicals, veterinary-medicine, canberra-2600, armidale-2350
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Nokia's decision to revise a mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies, write Ozgur Dedehayir and Tomi Nokelainen for The Conversation.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, finland, australia