Technology What is “green steel”, and are we going to be able to make it at Whyalla? By Caroline Zielinski View Latest Issue Share Tweet Biohacking: future tense By Paul Biegler What on earth is brainjacking, and should you be worried about it? It depends… Best of the Rest Is sport killing us? Do we need to vaccinate kids against COVID-19? Explainer: What is a rock? Modelling the ‘superhighways’ travelled by First Australians Beam the Sun down, Scotty Next Big Thing: Passing the baton By Cathy Foley Australia has the innovators, the expertise, and the ambition. But to fulfil our potential and solve the planet’s most pressing problems, our players need to work together, says Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley. Stopwatches set for modern clinical trials By Rachel Williamson Clinical trials – a notoriously long, risky and costly process – may be transformed by deep learning AI. Welcome to my world: the real right stuff By Deborah Devis Test pilot Aaron How troubleshoots and simplifies planes, making them safer for all. Previous Issues 17 - 23 Mar 2023 The golden age of paleo-tourism, detecting pesticide residues, phasing out native logging in Victoria, the ins and outs of amateur astronomy, and the Australian Conservation Foundation CEO’s Next Big Thing is the science of solutions. 10 - 16 Mar 2023 Blue Oval and out? The ups and downs of weather modification, combating crowns of thorns, getting to the bottom of the Top End’s buffalo problem, diverse DNA in Australia’s ecosystems. 03 - 09 Mar 2023 Sport selection, PFAS detection, medicinal cannabis, AI assistance, seed bank behind the scenes. 24 Feb - 02 Mar 2023 Undiscovered species in remote outback springs, kitchen engineering, escaping a cult to pursue science, stopping seafood fraud, making carbon capture and storage feasible, and Lismore prepares for higher floods. 17 - 23 Feb 2023 Fixing the ozone layer, ‘reef-safe’ sunscreens, maternal care in the pandemic, Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus) trees, farmers and solar. 10 - 16 Feb 2023 Restoring degraded marine environments, taking control of AI generated art, space helicopters, hope for more opportunities for the Wajarri people, and Martyn Myer’s Next Big Thing is commercialising medical science. 03 - 09 Feb 2023 The ethics of moon mining, Australia’s lunar hurdles, avoid asthma amid smoke storms, drones at sea, bringing Aboriginal land management and science together. 27 Jan - 02 Feb 2023 Powerful owls, cane toads, the Next Big Thing in T-Cells, ADHD clinical guidelines, super soldiers with drugs. 20 - 26 Jan 2023 Deleting C02 from the air, the ‘matter’ of dark matter, the importance of a good health database, two sides to Antarctic climate change, Music of the spheres. 13 - 19 Jan 2023 The living coral biobank, CleanAir in schools, the Next Big Thing at the nanoscale, aucoustic engineers and health, space infrastructure safety. 06 - 12 Jan 2023 New Australian sun safety guidelines needed, thermal ‘muffins’ store energy, new ways to survive the heat, Australia isn’t funding the meningococcal B vaccine for all children, and oyster reef coastline restoration. 16 - 22 Dec 2022 The hidden decline of little penguins, one man’s Deadly mission for science, preparing to beat the heat, nature-inspired innovation, science with heart. All Weekly Issues
