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A surprisingly big black hole might have swallowed a star from the inside out, and scientists are baffled

  • Written by: Roberto Soria, Professor, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A surprisingly big black hole might have swallowed a star from the inside out, and scientists are baffledA recently discovered black hole -- found by the way it makes a nearby star wobble -- is hard to square with our understanding of how these dark cosmic objects form.NAOC, Chinese Academy of Sciences

About 15,000 light years away, in a distant spiral arm of the Milky Way, there is a black hole about 70 times as heavy as the Sun.

This is very...

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how do guide dogs know where their owners want to go?

  • Written by: Carmel Nottle, Lecturer - Human Movement / Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of South Australia
how do guide dogs know where their owners want to go?A lot of people may think a guide dog tells a person when they can cross the road. But this is not actually true.Shutterstock

How do guide dogs know where their owners want to go? – Mia, age 6.

how do guide dogs know where their owners want to go?

Mia, thank you for your question. I know a bit about this topic because I have some experience training and using an assistance dog myself. Also, as...

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Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?

  • Written by: Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?Autonomous vehicles can only travel at speed at close quarters in the absence of human drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.posteriori/Shutterstock

Videos showing autonomous or self-driving vehicles weaving in and out of crossroads at speed without colliding suggest this technology will solve traffic problems. You almost never see pedestrians or...

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Crafting in times of crisis helps critters and creators

  • Written by: Emily Brayshaw, Lecturer, Fashion and Design History, Theory, and Thinking, University of Technology Sydney

The bushfires burning across Australia are having a devastating impact on our unique native wildlife.

But while record numbers of injured and orphaned animals are being treated, tens of thousands of people across Australia and from as far away as France and the Netherlands are responding to the animals’ plight by knitting, crocheting and...

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  12. Now we know. The Reserve Bank has spelled out what it will do when rates approach zero
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  14. As bushfires intensify, we need to acknowledge the strain on our volunteers
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  18. rerouting rivers to recapture a pioneering spirit
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  22. Kevin Rudd urges Australia to reduce its economic dependence on China
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