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SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

Crisis, what crisis? How smart solar can protect our vulnerable power grids

Solar panels can be both a headache and an opportunity for network companies Some commentators seem to be worried that our electricity networks are...

Meet El Niño’s cranky uncle that could send global warming into hyperdrive

Firefighters fight forest fire in Indonesia, triggered in part by El Nino You’ve probably heard about El Niño, the climate system that brings dry...

What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids?

The red shows rat cells in the developing heart of a mouse embryo. Salk Institute A team of scientists from the Salk Institute in the...

New coal plants wouldn’t be clean, and would cost billions in taxpayer subsidies

Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year Following a campaign by the coal industry,...

Know when to fold ‘em: AI beats world’s top poker players

Poker is a harder game for computers to master than chess or Go If you were about to start playing a game of online...

Shallow impact: when crackpot conspiracy theories are touted as news, we all lose

Dramatic. But also fictitious, like The Sun’s article Humans are fascinated by potential disasters, legends or prophecies that promise the end of the world....

When the heat is on, we need city-wide plans to keep cool

Cities are facing more heatwaves, but not all strategies to keep us cool are equal The recent spate of heatwaves through eastern Australia has...

What is the Doomsday Clock and why should we keep track of the time?

The Doomsday Clock has been advanced to two and a half minutes to midnight. But what does that mean? It made headlines recently when...

Talk to me: voice control is taking off, but it’s not taking over yet

If unexpected packages start showing up at your door, you might want to have a word with one of your smart devices. Earlier this...

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BeachPatrol 3207 to Wildlife rescue

3207Beachpatrol rescue this beautiful Cormorant from a sad plight One of our members Pam was walking on Sandridge beach yesterday when she noticed this distressed...

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