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Why carry building materials from Earth into space, when we can build structures by 3D printing using materials found out there?
Imagine a world in which helper robots live with us, get us through the day and become our trusted friend. Well, science fiction is becoming science fact.
If you use one of the many apps to map your walking, jogging or cycling route then you could be giving away information that could be abused by others.
Hunting for meteorites in the vast Pilbara is hard work, but even a tiny speck can tell us a great deal about the sky billions of years ago.
Research showing that more than 90% of climate scientists agree that we’re causing global warming prompted plenty of questions. And the authors are only too happy to answer.
Technology that wouldn’t look out of place in a Hollywood spy movie is being marketed at students to help them cheat in exams.
How dangerous really is horse riding and sports like eventing? While there are risks, they can be managed, especially if we learn to understand horses better.
The number of known exoplanets doubled this week to more than 3,200. But why have only a handful of these those new planets caught people’s imagination?
Sometimes scientists, the media and the general public inadvertently conspire to oversell science, and that is bad for us all.
Most Australians do not understand how the Google search engine works and what is paid or free content in any search results.
Getting a scientific paper published about a significant finding - like the discovery of the world’s oldest axe - is challenge in itself.
Distributed autonomous organisations, or DAO, are a new form of decentralised organisation using blockchain technology. The DAO is first off the block, and it’s already making waves.
With the 2016 Olympics in Rio on the horizon, the practice of clamping together the jaws of horses has still gone unchecked.
While Bitcoin gets all the attention, the blockchain technology it’s based on could have applications across business and government.
As the business of sport booms why does this come with an increasing frequency of integrity scandals of bribery, corruption and cheating?
Efforts to wipe out doping, match fixing, corruption and other threats to sport integrity need to start at the local level.
The reason why some of us can’t help but to dance, and others can’t hold a beat, might lie in the brain.
That salt on your table can do amazing things chemically, and to the flavour of your favourite food. But don’t eat too much!
In the future some humans may be born without either a mother or father as we now know them, and with no other humans around to bring them up.
It’s a battle of online privacy versus a crackdown on crime, but is a total ban on the popular app, WhatsApp, the right way to go?
The Productivity Commission’s report into copyright reform will be good for the public, good for innovation and good for Australia.
Children’s use of screens for fun and education have changed a lot over the years, so why haven’t the rules on acceptable screen time kept up?
Nanophotonics deals with photons at the nanometre scale, and it’s set to transform everything from internet speeds to turning your smartphone into a portable science lab.
Ask any anthropologist what they do and they will find it hard to give you a direct answer. But it ultimately comes down to studying people and their culture.