Science, Technology and Innovation
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Julian Assange interrupts extradition hearing again
The 49-year-old intervened in his extradition hearing for the second time since it’s resumption at the Old Bailey in London…
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TikTok rejects Microsoft offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder
TikTok is at the center of a diplomatic storm between Washington and Beijing, and President Donald Trump has set Americans…
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Rio Tinto CEO and senior executives resign from company after Juukan Gorge debacle
The Rio Tinto chief executive, Jean-Sébastien Jacques, and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed…
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Putting the chip wars into competitive perspective
The semiconductor market is a global industry that is likely to reach $1 trillion in 2031 or 2032. Handel H…
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More than half of government environmental scientists say their work has been suppressed: report
Of the more than 200 environmental scientists from government, university and non-government organisations (NGOs) consulted for the survey, those… Nick…
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Victoria now has a good roadmap out of COVID-19 restrictions.
The COVID-19 roadmap for Victoria announced by Premier Daniel Andrews sets the state on the right path. Something like it…
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Julian Assange’s extradition case will continue tomorrow after coronavirus delays.
Julian Assange will tomorrow emerge from his coronavirus lockdown in London’s high-security Belmarsh prison to face an extradition hearing at…
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Coronavirus ‘long-haulers’ are coming together in communities online in search of answers
But seven weeks after contracting COVID-19, the former fencer says she’s still struggling talk or walk quickly. Maani Truu SBS…
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Huawei sanctions will destroy US chip industry
Next month, Chinese leaders will ratify a plan to dominate the world’s semiconductor industry by 2025, in response to US…
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Bronze age Britons made keepsakes from parts of dead relatives, archaeologists say
Bronze age Britons remembered the dead by keeping and curating bits of their bodies, and even turning them into instruments…
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Rampant destruction of forests ‘will unleash more pandemics’
Scientists are to warn world leaders that increasing numbers of deadly new pandemics will afflict the planet if levels of…
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Space weapons to counter China, Russia ‘coming’
To say that officials at the newly established US Space Command face a clear and present danger, is an understatement.…
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US authorizes plasma treatment against virus
The move by the Food and Drug Administration comes as President Donald Trump faces intense pressure to curb the contagion that…
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‘Mum told me to give back to the community’: the young Australian creating robots for good
Two decades later, the former Young Australian of the Year is turning some of that dream into a reality –…
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Authorities warn against illegal COVID-19 vaccines and medication sold online
Sellers had advertised the products — developed by Chinese state-owned enterprises Sinovac and Sinopharm — at 1,500 RMB ($300) for…
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The pioneering surgeons who cleaned up filthy hospitals
A handful of visionary doctors realised what the cause was. Richard Hollingham BBC By the 1860s, with a skilled surgeon…
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