COVID What will the second generation of COVID-19 vaccines look like? By Manuela Callari View Latest Issue Share Tweet Our volcano blind spot By Heather Handley The next big volcanic eruption could have dire consequences for the entire planet. Best of the Rest Where are we at with long COVID? Mysterious object unlike anything astronomers have seen before Seven stories about Indigenous science from 2021 Is the secret to a long life written in our DNA? Martian water nothing but a mirage Explainer: how is sunscreen made and tested? Is this the world’s weirdest telescope? By Lauren Fuge Three undersea neutrino detector observatories are in the works. What seems like a very difficult and risky project comes with great galactic rewards. Touching atoms By Mark Pesce Feeling small? It’s on any physicist’s wishlist. With a new Australian innovation, they can get a close-up view of the tiniest particles yet detected. How to cook the perfect steak, with science By Rachel Williamson It’s prime barbecuing season: how much do you know about cooking your steaks just so? Previous Issues 07 - 13 Oct 2022 Regional communities and STEM education, the Next Big Thing is unboiling an egg, surveillance over working from home, how to save threatened species, supply chains and local mining. 30 Sep - 06 Oct 2022 Can Australia do the opioid crisis better? Elite performers and mental health, preparing for another wet summer, Giant hailstones, Communicating with unconscious people. 23 - 29 Sep 2022 Space law, people in the Metaverse, Matt Herring’s Next Big Thing on wading birds, possible Nefertiti discovery, how clinical trials work. 16 - 22 Sep 2022 Australia’s robotics future, water laws and Indigenous management, Vanessa Pirotta’s Next Big Thing on whales, clothing recycling, South Australia’s green hydrogen marathon. 09 - 15 Sep 2022 Including culturally diverse communities; The seismic shocks that transformed the Makah people; Measuring impacts on ancient rock art; Are we ready for AUKUS?; Digging for Australia’s oldest birds. 02 - 08 Sep 2022 Threatened species, critical minerals, Xiaojing Hao’s Next Big Thing in solar PV, nasal-spray vaccines, social networks and equality. 26 Aug - 01 Sep 2022 Putting gender on the robotic agenda; Unearthing new soil measurement capability; Indigenous horticulture in a changing climate; Australia’s first SpIRITed space mission; natural hazards; When is ‘fast off the blocks’ too fast? 19 - 25 Aug 2022 Winning the race to net zero, How the nocebo effect messes with the brain, tackling the megatrends, Tapping the livestock genome, Are best before dates past their use-by? 12 - 18 Aug 2022 Monitoring methane from coal mines, the Next Big Thing in genomics, the ventilation experiment, wave energy off King Island, Chile’s constitutional reform. 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. All Weekly Issues
