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After much time and consideration, it is with more than a tinge of sadness that due to personal and health reasons, I announce the closure of CareerSpot.

Scientists analysing samples from asteroid Bennu have identified organic molecules, DNA and RNA bases ...

Poverty makes people both terrified of risk and desperate enough to take it.

A new study finds several AI chatbots show signs of cognitive decline.

The government has banned all DeepSeek products, applications, and web services from government systems ...

Australian scientists have sharpened a valuable tool in cancer research.

Human-caused lead pollution began over 5,000 years ago - much earlier than thought.

Scientists are working on the first new fridge design in decades.

Australian scientists have made bacteria glow to find rare earths.

AI might soon help to predict bushfires.

Low doses of oral ketamine can significantly reduce PTSD symptoms, a new study finds.

Scientists are working on engineered muscle grafts for heart repair.

Chinese researchers have successfully engineered a mouse with two male parents.

The Australian Government has announced nearly $20 million in new funding to support research into childhood brain cancers.

Fossil fuels companies do not appear to be the main drivers of anti-climate sentiment.

An expert council has been formed to strengthen university governance.

An Australian-developed technology is revealing deep-space mysteries by sifting through signals like grains of sand.

Australia is betting that AI can assist doctors and save lives.

Australian researchers have completed the final chromosome of the world’s first synthetic yeast genome.

Professor Tony Haymet, an oceanographer, chemist and entrepreneur, has been appointed as Australia’s next Chief Scientist.

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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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