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Sciences & Technology | Analysis

Electric cars may be the ‘green’ choice, but they’re driving a scramble for critical minerals

The same forces that shaped the geopolitics of oil are re-emerging in the race to power the electric revolution

An aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine in Chile.

A woman demonstrating Tai Chi in front of a large video camera

Health & Medicine | Research

Online Tai Chi is helping people with chronic knee pain

A randomised controlled trial found Tai Chi offers significant benefits for knee osteoarthritis sufferers – and it’s available for free online

A Labrador retriever sitting in an airport concourse

Environment | Analysis

Australian biosecurity needs a whole-of government, whole-of-society approach

The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to prevent and prepare for pandemic threats to human health. But what are we doing about animal health? 

Sciences & Technology | Research

Climate change is turning global wildfires into monsters

Sciences & Technology | Under the Microscope

‘The real ‘magic’ of biology happens at invisible, chemical scales’

Education | Analysis

Young people are using AI coaches, but are they using the right ones?

Sciences & Technology

The Nobel Prize winner who built a whole new field of chemistry

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Arts & Culture

Analysis

K-Pop Demon Hunters’ continued domination redefines streaming

Unlike other shows, the idols in K-Pop Demon Hunters are not only glossy but highly relatable, messy and human. This may help explain why it's become the most-watched Netflix movie of all time

An animation of a sci-fi world through VR goggles

Special Report

All the world's a game

From cosplay to LARPs, from exposing racism to architectural experimentation, games are reshaping how we learn, connect and fight

#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

The dark matter detective

High energy physicist Professor Elisabetta Barberio is leading groundbreaking Australian research in the hunt for dark matter and it’s all happening deep underground

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

Taking Indigenous Australia to NASA

Tully Mahr is one of five Australians heading to an internship with NASA, where the 21-year-old will spend three months researching life’s origins and planet habitability

Sciences & Technology|Under the Microscope

The palaeontology field keeps you on your toes

Palaeontologist Dr Vera Korasidis was torn between becoming a ballerina or unearthing fossils. Fresh from a dig in Wyoming’s Badlands, she knows she made the right choice

Sciences & Technology

Research

We’re taking selfies from space

A tiny Australian satellite is chasing colliding stars and changing the way we think about space telescopes

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