Sci-Tech
Space
Are we alone?
Peter Spinks 7:38am Surely, you might assume, we cannot be alone in the universe. Exoplanets are found almost weekly.
Sci-tech
Robotic device heralds new era
FLETA PAGE Smartphone owners will be able to pinpoint their locations with much greater accuracy in the next decade courtesy of a new robot.
Science
Grow your own body parts
BRIDIE SMITH Researchers are closer to understanding what animals need to regrow their body parts, after Australian scientists established the key role of the immune system in salamanders.
Space
ET enjoys the simple things in life
PETER SPINKS If life is found on other worlds, it won't be stranger than what's in our backyard.
Ethical path to artificial stem cell technology
John Elder Australian research has created a molecular roadmap that shows how any cell in the human body can be turned into artificial stem cells.
Space
Meteor strike with moon causes massive explosion
Stephen Cauchi The most powerful meteor strike on the moon ever observed has just been announced by NASA.
Sci-tech
Snake could hold secret to light-absorbing material
Nanostructures in ultra-black skin markings of an African viper could inspire the quest to create the ultimate light-absorbing material.
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Breakthrough in cloned embryos poses ethical concerns
ADAM MORTON Ethicists warn a breakthrough in embryonic stem cell research raises questions about when life begins.
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Aussie scientists print flexible solar panels
Miles Godfrey Australian scientists have found a way to print large but extremely lightweight and flexible solar panels like money.
Sci-tech
Building a $325,000 burger
Henry Fountain Scientists are making strides in growing so-called in vitro meat in the laboratory.
Space
Sun unleashes four potent solar flares
The sun has unleashed four potent solar flares this week, marking the most intense activity this year.
Space
May the four be with you
ASTRONOMY In the next week or so, four planets will be visible at one time.
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Malaria parasites 'thrive by talking'
Bridie Smith Scientists have been surprised to learn that malaria parasites ''talk'' to each other. And the chatter is crucial to the parasite's survival and spread in humans.
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Shot in the arm for mission to take stem cells from embryos
NICKY PHILLIPS Scientists have used caffeine to achieve a stem cell breakthrough that many researchers thought impossible but which could lead to new therapies for many crippling diseases.
Breakthrough: stem cells from a cloned embryo
NICKY PHILLIPS Scientists have used caffeine to achieve a stem cell breakthrough that many researchers thought impossible but that could lead to new therapies for many crippling diseases.
3D
Life-saving heart surgery explores a new dimension
Adrienne LaFrance Doctors are using 3D printers to help solve complex cardiac problems.
Science
Brain creates circuits to bypass areas of damage
NICKY PHILLIPS Scientists have described for the first time how the brain can respond to damage in one area by forming complex new circuits in another brain region, away from the injured site.
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New spin on earth core
MATTHEW RAGGATT Centre of the earth doesn't spin at a constant rate, research has found.
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Cheer up, even Earth gets into an erratic spin
MATTHEW RAGGATT The centre of the Earth does not spin at a constant rate, new Australian National University research has found.
Forensic work winning war on crime, but it's no TV show
NICK RALSTON A young woman is stabbed to death on the floor of her apartment on Sydney's northern beaches. By the time police find the body of Rachelle Yeo inside her Curl Curl home, her alleged killer has fled, driving north to Newcastle airport.
Tech
Amazing time-lapse satellite views of Australia
Nick Evershed Google has released new time-lapse satellite images of the world.
Space
Houston, we have a problem ... radiator leak
Seth Borenstein The International Space Station has a radiator leak in its power system.
Tablets
Gianna, 14, discovers iPad 2 heart risk
Michelle Fay Cortez Fourteen-year-old Gianna Chien has discovered that the iPad 2 can in some cases interfere with life-saving heart devices.
Cars
Tesla may build its own self-driving cars
Will Oremus Google's self-driving cars may soon have some competition from Tesla.
Space
Landing is key puzzle in Mars trip
Jean-Louis Santini Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any manned mission.
Space
Friday's eclipse will have a familiar ring to it
ASTRONOMY It might not be as remarkable as totality, but it's a wondrous thing to observe nevertheless.
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Bizarre skeleton leaves UFO hunters and scientists baffled
Richard Stone Alien? Subhuman primate? Deformed child? Mummified foetus? The internet is buzzing over the nature of "Ata", a bizarre 12-centimetre-long skeleton featured in a new documentary on UFOs. A Stanford University scientist who boldly entered the fray has now put to rest doubts about what species Ata belongs to. But the mystery is not over.
Space
Three-year space odyssey opens new frontiers
FLETA PAGE Canberra will be soon be able to communicate further into the universe with Tidbinbilla's newest communication antenna, known as Deep Space Station 35, due to be lifted into place on Friday morning.
Science
Linguists identify words that have changed little in 15,000 years
David Brown Some words have come down to us largely unaltered since the last Ice Age.
Shake, rattle and roll
PETER SPINKS A recent court case highlights the problems in trying to predict earthquakes.
