The plastic wrap
Tiny plastic debris is changing not just land and sea – now air as well.
From the deepest ocean trenches to the peaks of the highest mountains, plastics can now be found everywhere, and figu...
Australia
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Mountains of space junk could carry us to Mars
New project aims to recycle and refine space trash into rocket fuel.
Space is big. Really big. And there's not much up there – except all the trash. And that's suddenly become a valuable...
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The drive to put hydrogen on South Australian roads
Business SA has issued a roadmap for the state to reach a hydrogen-powered future, but a few poth...
The potential for hydrogen to become an industrial-scale fuel is being touted as an essential state election issue fo...
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Conversation
What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth depend on it?
Does Australia’s prosperity depend on this climate summit?
By Wesley Morgan, Griffith University In just over two weeks, more than 100 world leaders will gather in the Scott...
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Using AI to probe the dawn of animal life
Study of ancient Australian fossils receives funding from NASA.
A joint Australian-US team has a plan to use AI to understand the oldest complex fossils on Earth – and they’ve just ...
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Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone: how we cracked a 400-year-old alchemical cipher
How do you crack a centuries-old cipher?
Richard Bean, The University of Queensland; Megan Piorko, Georgia State University, and Sarah Lang, University of Gra...
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Plastic versus bioplastic | Cosmos Weekly Taster
Understanding the true costs of “green” packaging.
This article on bioplastic first appeared in Cosmos Weekly on 8 October 2021. For more stories like this, subscribe t...
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Explainer
How to make electrolysers and other hydrogen equipment in Australia
Why does Fortescue want to make electrolysers onshore, and how will they do it?
On Sunday, the Queensland government announced plans to build one of the world’s largest renewable energy manufacturi...
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Has our hydrogen future arrived?
The plan for developing a green hydrogen industry has gone from mud-map to GPS in less than a week.
Hydrogen has been discussed as the fuel of the future in recent times, with state and federal governments aiming to s...
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Did we underestimate the health effects of the Black Summer bushfires?
Study reveals the physical and mental impacts of bushfire smoke.
Research led by the Australian National University (ANU) has discovered undocumented health problems among people exp...