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Making Australia a renewable energy exporting superpower

  • Written by: Roger Dargaville, Senior lecturer, Monash University

Politicians around Australia are proposing ambitious plans to export renewable energy from Australia, using high-voltage power lines laid under the oceans.

But will this work? Our research is investigating the economic and environmental case for Australia to become an Asian energy superpower.

Our recent study, which will be presented on December 11...

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researchers exploit cancers' unique DNA signature

  • Written by: Abu Sina, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
researchers exploit cancers' unique DNA signatureAll cancers have a similar DNA pattern that differs from that of non-cancer cells.from shutterstock.com

Researchers have developed a test that could be used to diagnose all cancers. It is based on a unique DNA signature that appears to be common across cancer types.

The test has yet to be conducted on humans, and clinical trials are needed before...

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Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languages

  • Written by: Jill Vaughan, Research Fellow in Linguistics, University of Melbourne
Meet the remote Indigenous community where a few thousand people use 15 different languagesManingrida, a community on Australia’s remote north-central coast, is a language hotspot.Jill Vaughan

On Australia’s remote north-central coast, the small community of Maningrida is remarkable for many reasons. It boasts dramatic coastal scenery, world-renowned bark and sculptural artists, skilled weavers and textile printers, and unique...

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  2. How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system
  3. New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy
  4. Malcolm Turnbull and his NEG continue to haunt the government
  5. Victorian royal commission into policing needs to take a broad approach: here's why
  6. free speech and Australian universities
  7. Here's the seafood Australians eat (and what we should be eating)
  8. Operatic goddess Vivica Genaux reigns supreme in a lyrical study of conflicting desires
  9. Getting to the heart of coal seam gas protests – it's not just the technical risks
  10. NZ is home to species found nowhere else but biodiversity losses match global crisis
  11. Why autonomous vehicles won't reduce our dependence on cars in cities
  12. what it is and why it needs updating
  13. Australians think immigration should be cut? Well, it depends on how you ask
  14. here's how we avoid feeling guilty
  15. I’m taking antibiotics – when will they start working?
  16. Fracking policies are wildly inconsistent across Australia, from gung-ho development to total bans
  17. Escher x nendo will surprise, delight and challenge
  18. Health impacts and murky decision-making feed public distrust of projects like WestConnex
  19. New detections of gravitational waves brings the number to 11 – so far
  20. Liberals adopt new rule to stop the revolving prime ministership
  21. Craig Kelly triumphs in the 'outwit, outplay, outlast' game of Survivor
  22. Adani's new mini version of its mega mine still faces some big hurdles
  23. what is nitrous oxide (or nangs) and how dangerous is it?
  24. G20 summit bring a truce in US-China trade relations – but it's likely to be temporary
  25. What existed before the Big Bang? Did something have to be there to go boom?
  26. Turnbull versus Morrison in Liberal crisis over Craig Kelly
  27. why more older Australians are living in share houses
  28. Yes, you can adopt a pet as a Christmas gift – so long as you do it correctly
  29. It's not just Newstart. Single parents are $271 per fortnight worse off. Labor needs an overarching welfare review
  30. How a candidate's looks may be swinging your vote (without you even realising it)
  31. why you might get the runs before a first date
  32. the origins of Rocky Horror's Frank-N-furter
  33. At last, Australia has a Modern Slavery Act. Here's what you'll need to know
  34. As they meet in Poland for the next steps, nations are struggling to agree on how the ambitions of the Paris Agreement can be realised
  35. Why battery-powered vehicles stack up better than hydrogen
  36. Yes, Knickers the steer is really, really big. But he's far short of true genetic freak status
  37. Why Tony Abbott's appointment as Indigenous envoy was a diplomatic blunder and policy failure
  38. Warty hammer orchids are sexual deceivers
  39. the science of sleep and the economics of sleeplessness
  40. Michelle Grattan on the government's week from hell
  41. Why Australia's anti-vilification laws matter
  42. Stone tools date early humans in North Africa to 2.4 million years ago
  43. What makes the G20 a force for global good – when its members agree they want it to be
  44. Four in ten Australians think women lie about being victims of sexual assault
  45. Happy birthday, SA's big battery, and many happy returns (of your recyclable parts)
  46. Why daily doses of nature in the city matter for people and the planet
  47. X-rays of rocks show their super-fluid past, and reveal mineral deposits vital for batteries
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