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Australia has been hesitant – but could robots soon be delivering your pizza?

While there have been concerns over the safety and legal status of the technology, working models from local startups are showing its benefits

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Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic to be dumped from Labor cabinet – as it happened

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Meet the man who keeps the world’s busiest railways running from a shed in Melbourne

From Dubai to the Hong Kong metro, train operators rely on this service to maintain reliability. So why is it so hard to get a contract in Australia?

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A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size – from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle.

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Researchers make breakthrough in cleaning up the 'forever chemicals' used in chip manufacturing

Monash University has developed a water filter to catch PFAS used in chip manufacturing and other industries. The chip industry has been lobbying for years against any progress on legislating PFAS-use.

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‘Best that exists globally’: South Australia’s domestic violence disclosure scheme provides relief and freedom

Exclusive: SA’s scheme has been so praised and proved so popular experts are ‘bewildered’ that other states haven’t implemented similar programs

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Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale

Monash University has ‘indefinitely postponed’ upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after ‘consultation with our communities’

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'Simulating scientists': A new AI tool wants to make serendipitous scientific discovery less human

Scientists develop new AI model designed to aid scientific discovery.

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Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue

Study aimed to improve detection of brain injury from intimate partner violence, but critics say its non-fatal strangulation of animals was not justified

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50% of Australians want to read more – but don’t. So what is stopping us?

New research from Monash University has found that readers and non-readers alike aspire to read more books but struggle with distractions, motivation and even browsing

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Australians who get most of their news from commercial media more likely to believe in climate conspiracy, study finds

Exclusive: Monash University study suggests those who rely more on newspapers and public broadcasters more likely to score highly on ‘civic values’

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Cheating little penguins are big on divorce, and other breeding secrets revealed

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

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What will you be reading this summer? We asked 6 avid readers

Summer reads are often advertised as fat paperback page-turners: romance, adventure or crime fiction. But everyone has their own definition of the summer read.

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Best Books of 2024: our experts share their standout reads

It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024. Of course, best books lists are subjective, relying on what people have read and remembered.…

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More than 300 Australian university executives make more money than state premiers, report reveals

Union says average vice-chancellor gets paid almost double the prime minister, with salaries seemingly ‘plucked from thin air’

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Breakthrough use of lab-grown skin on burns patient

An Australian burns patients has been treated with lab-grown skin using his own cells that has dramatically reduced the risk of infection.

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No home left behind: a postcode approach to electrification

In Australia and overseas, it’s clear that homes without gas – running on clean energy – are healthier, have cheaper power bills, and produce lower greenhouse emissions.

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Did Earth Really Once Have a Ring Around it? Inside the Wild New Theory

A ring of rocky asteroid debris may have circled our planet 466 million years ago, according to a recent study.

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Genetics will no longer pose barrier to life insurance

Life insurers will no longer be able to discriminate against Australians based on their genetics when underwriting their plans.

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Maria’s niece sought a DVO to protect her. Her ex-partner went out and bought an axe

‘They’re just a piece of paper,’ Maria Costigan says of domestic violence orders, almost 10 years after Tara Costigan’s brutal murder in Canberra. But do they ever help terrified women?

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Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero. Here’s how it will guide us

Australia’s push for net-zero emissions received a welcome boost on Thursday, with the release of an official report showing how Australia can seek to cut domestic emissions across each sector of the economy.

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Finger-prick test could screen for early Alzheimer's

GPs could soon be able to quickly screen patients for Alzheimer's disease using a simple, handheld device developed by Monash University engineers.

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Over the moon: Indigenous STEM students heading to NASA

Five Indigenous university students are heading to the United States for an internship program, where they'll be mentored by NASA scientists and engineers.

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‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort

Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centred on actions to limit global warming, recognising that each increment of warming contributes to worsening climate extremes.

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The Promise & Peril Of AI Health & Wellness Coaches And Thrive AI

Artificial intelligence is creeping in on the wellness industry with Thrive AI Health and others. Should we be worried?

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