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? Interstellar space probe to boldly go even further 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 05 - 11 Aug 2022 Murray-Darling water, defence and entertainment technology, Janice Scealy’s Next Big Thing in statistics, AI and medicine, Australia’s largest wind farm. 29 Jul - 04 Aug 2022 Chess robot breaks a child’s finger, COVID-19 pandemic reveals bias in healthcare, Susan Scott’s Next Big Thing, Australian navigation systems on the Moon, technology and fashion. 22 - 28 Jul 2022 Getting healthcare greener, building ocean energy in Albany, gravitational waves, mite-y problems, living with loud. 15 - 21 Jul 2022 Electrification in the Hunter, coronasomnia, DALL-E, climate oscillations, saving the Lord Howe Island cockroach. 08 - 14 Jul 2022 Renting university space to private companies, greener agriculture, AI & traffic control, video games & climate, controlled burns on country. 01 - 07 Jul 2022 Radiation in space hotels, the scientific gender gap, heaven banning, poo banks, water management’s Next Big Thing. 24 - 30 Jun 2022 Australia’s biogas future; career success for people with intellectual disabilities; the magic molecule that activates with exercise; will Pilbara be the largest energy hub of the world? Ken Green knows the Next Big Thing happening to the alpine ecosystem. 17 - 23 Jun 2022 Australia’s looming home insurance crisis; conserving Antarctica; the evolutionary hybrid of polar bears and brown bears; can LiDAR make autonomous cars safer? Torres Strait: the seagrass capital of the world 10 - 16 Jun 2022 What can Aus learn from the UK energy crisis? Can selective breeding lower methane emissions? How to collect freshwater from the air? Who are we online and why does it matter? Non invasive treatment for glaucoma has arrived but when will it come to Australia? 03 - 09 Jun 2022 Fashion psychology; recognising aliens; Digital Twinning; outfoxing foxes; virtual reality in aged care. 27 May - 02 Jun 2022 Replacement theory; recycling solar panels; fast fashion; including tech in land restoration projects; and GPS data to tailor AFL training sessions. 20 - 26 May 2022 Lessons learned outside the classroom; new ways to think about neurology; can Qantas long haul flights go the distance? Online platforms lack diversity; there’s mushroom in the mental-health market for a psychedelic start-up. All Weekly Issues
