Researchers are designing custom DNA to fold into microscopic robots.

Macquarie researchers have taken diamond manipulation to the atomic level.

Tasmania's bid to reform its planning system and bypass local councils has stalled.

Australia’s defence plans hinge on submarines that the US is struggling to build for itself.

WA is offering a $150 million lithium industry lifeline.

Tesla faces mounting criticism for selling subsidised batteries in Australia that critics say fail to provide basic functionality for consumers or the electricity grid.

A proposed gas terminal in Geelong has raised concerns about safety and sustainability.

AEMO says Australia’s power grid could face collapse unless rooftop solar output is curtailed during emergencies.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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