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“They want to blow it up” – environmental scientists weigh in on the Nationals’ plans for the Murray-Darling Basin
The Murray-Darling Basin plan should be reviewed in light of science, not on political whim.
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Next Big Thing
Let’s clear the air on ventilation
We now know that the air we breathe, especially indoors, is the main route of transmission for harmful and often deadly viruses like COVID-19. Architects, engineers and legislators must understand this as they design the buildings of the future.
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Listen up: the sound of science
Can how we speak reflect changes in our mental health? Can ambient sound bring order to loved ones living with dementia?
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A new way of building
Tech informed by AI has been slow to reach construction sites, but that’s about to change.
Previous Issues
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14 - 20 Jan 2022
AI in the workplace; carbon calculators; Australia’s battery supply chain; where are all the robots; firefighter health risks.
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07 - 13 Jan 2022
Birds-eye view to fight bushfires; green ammonia; the magic of crystals; biodiversity conservation 2.0; using sound to clean up ocean microplastics.
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17 - 23 Dec 2021
Addressing Scope 3 carbon emissions; recycling wind turbines; seizure-predicting apps; Moon law; and climate action teams.
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10 - 16 Dec 2021
La Niña and agriculture; science of sparkling wine; are orca climate change winners?; globes of the future; and life-saving sensors.
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03 - 09 Dec 2021
Cargo ship carbon emissions; AI solves complex maths; ethics of ancient DNA; how humans interact with the ocean; and finance tackling climate change.
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26 Nov - 02 Dec 2021
Shark tourism; the test that could help eliminate cervical cancer; nifty space materials; procrastination; and the science of déjà vu.
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19 - 25 Nov 2021
Space laws to prevent space wars; how AI could help coding; carbon farming explained; COVID frontline: New Zealand; the Next Big Thing facing law
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12 - 18 Nov 2021
Solar energy export ambitions; shifting focus on COVID numbers; space weather; heatwaves; Australian Antarctic Division’s new chief scientist.
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05 - 11 Nov 2021
Getting space tech from idea to market; next-gen solar cells; coral reef recovery; mental health diagnosis challenges; how women are transforming agriculture.
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29 Oct - 04 Nov 2021
Economic risks of climate inaction; climate for kids born in 2020; the life of a NASA principal investigator; internet archives; aerosol drug delivery.
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22 - 28 Oct 2021
Santos’ carbon capture challenge; birds and wind farms; tackling seafood provenance; a new view of distant galaxies; and prophetic rodent experiments.
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15 - 21 Oct 2021
New initiative for Australia’s climate future; decarbonisation in our region; what’s wrong with physics these days; making semiconductor tech in Australia; weird and wonderful planets.