HIV/AIDS cure 2019: Scientists successfully kills virus for first time on 'humanized mice'
Jul 09, 2019 11:33 am UTC| Science
Another significant development in the field of HIV cure study was reported recently. For the first time, scientists were able to kill the virus that causes AIDS on living mice by combining the use of CRISPR-Cas9 or CRISPR...
Cancer cure 2019: Promising development found on study focused on common cold virus
Jul 09, 2019 10:32 am UTC| Science
Many groups of scientists and researchers around the world are exploring various avenues in the hopes of finding a cure for cancer, and a potentially groundbreaking development was reported recently. A study may have...
Flying on Saturn’s moon Titan: what we could discover with NASA's new Dragonfly mission
Jul 07, 2019 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Flying on other worlds is the next leap in the exploration of our solar system. The Mars Helicopter will piggyback on the NASA Mars 2020 rover mission to demonstrate the technology. But this is only the start. The real...
Jul 07, 2019 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Most people use toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss to clean their teeth, but their use is by no means universal. Many indigenous groups, as well as people in developing countries, use traditional techniques to clean...
The atomic history of Kiritimati – a tiny island where humanity realised its most lethal potential
Jul 07, 2019 15:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Ron Watson was just 17 when he experienced his first nuclear weapon blast. A British soldier from Cambridgeshire, he had completed his training in the summer of 1957 before departing on that fated tour with the Army Royal...
Friday essay: romancing the moon – space dreaming after Apollo
Jul 07, 2019 15:13 pm UTC| Science
Last weekend I sat down for a chat with Lisa Sullivan, senior curator at the Geelong Gallery, to get a handle on the gallerys new exhibition, The Moon. Two and a half years in the making, the exhibit is timed to coincide...
Jul 03, 2019 21:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntingtons Disease or rare cancers. Now, new genetic tests called polygenic...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects