Moon landing anniversary: One small step for man...a giant leap for space robots
Jul 21, 2019 11:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
Apollo 11s successful mission 50 years ago was the turning point in the space industry. It is comparable to the Wright brothers flight in 1903 that marked the beginning of the aviation industry and James Watts invention of...
How big is the Moon? Let me compare ...
Jul 18, 2019 23:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Even though we can see the Moon shining brightly in the night sky and sometimes in daylight its hard to put into perspective just how large, and just how distant, our nearest neighbour actually is. So just how big is...
HIV/AIDS Cure 2019: Human trials begin soon for HIV vaccine in the works for over 30 years
Jul 16, 2019 22:57 pm UTC| Science
Several significant developments in the field of HIV/AIDS cure studies have been reported this year. Now, adding to that is an HIV vaccine entering human trials after it has been in development for more than 30...
Cancer Cure 2019: 'Living drug' therapy sparks hope of an imminent cure
Jul 16, 2019 09:55 am UTC| Science
Numerous cancer research is taking place around the world at this moment. While some of it has already shown promising results, there remains an undeniably long work ahead before at least one of them can be officially...
Curious Kids: how does electricity work?
Jul 10, 2019 06:51 am UTC| Science
Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected] You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS...
How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica's largest ice shelf
Jul 10, 2019 06:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
The ocean that surrounds Antarctica plays a crucial role in regulating the mass balance of the continents ice cover. We now know that the thinning of ice that affects nearly a quarter of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is...
Neuroscience and artificial intelligence can help improve each other
Jul 10, 2019 03:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Science
Despite their names, artificial intelligence technologies and their component systems, such as artificial neural networks, dont have much to do with real brain science. Im a professor of bioengineering and neurosciences...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects