The new planet-hunting telescope TESS was successfully launched today by NASA, and Australia will play a key role in checking out any new worlds it discovers.
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Australia’s cricketers were once known as tough but fair, but the latest ball tampering scandal has many asking how some of the leading players could have stooped so low.
Stephen Hawking inspired people with his work on black holes and other mysteries of the universe. Many were quick to pay tribute to the theoretical physicist who died today in the UK, aged 76.
Your guide to some of the best meteor showers for 2018. Where to look and when in both the northern and southern skies to catch nature’s fireworks.
Google’s artificial intelligence has been taught to look for planets around other stars. It’s already making new discoveries that scientists have missed.
A solitary planet in an eccentric orbit around an ancient star may help astronomers understand exactly how such planetary systems are formed.
The big ticket resources projects of the past decade have not delivered as hoped for regional Queensland. New approaches are needed.
The mystery object seen moving through our Solar system shows the void between the stars is far from empty. So can we expect more interstellar visitors?
In the push to lower emissions and reduce energy prices, agricultural waste could be Australia’s secret weapon.
We need to stop playing the blame game.
The first recorded performance of the theatre company that Shakespeare co-founded was at a playhouse south of the Thames, but was lost to historians for centuries. Now we know where it lies.
In Different Class, Pulp got fans singing and dancing to searing commentaries on class and privilege.
How exactly do the stars twinkle in the night sky? As it turns out, the answer is full of hot air… and cold air.
Landfills produce huge amounts of methane. Many of the bigger operators capture it to turn into energy, but they’re wasting about 80% of what’s available. It’s time Australia stepped up.
In five or seven billion years time, the Sun’s life will come to an end. And it will be really spectacular - if you’re watching from far enough away.
Providing security in the blockchain would convert into a degree of predictability in the technology. If this was shown to work in the long term, it would also create trust.
Australia sends 20 million tonnes of garbage to landfill every year. With thousands of sites across the nation, it’s hard to track exactly how many there are, where they are, and what’s filling them.
As always, Eurovision 2017 blended pop and politics. Russia was missing from the Ukrainian-hosted contest, and the UK had healing words, post Brexit.
Plants on other planets are bound to be even weirder than the strangest ones we find on Earth – if they even exist.
There is no evidence to suggest that vouchers are simpler, fairer and more transparent than current funding models.
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Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer of criminology, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Communication and Media, University of Southern Queensland
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Adjunct industry fellow, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor (Food Science), University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a focus on Educational Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor (Adjunct), School of Education., University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland
