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Thousands of people have protested Indian mining giant Adani’s plans to dig a new thermal coal mine in Queensland and have called on state and federal governments as well as the federal opposition to stop it going ahead. Protesters marched ...

NASA’s new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the “really unworldly” Martian wind. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio clips of the alien wind on Friday. The low-frequency rumblings were collected by the InSight lander during its first ...

A series of unusual burglaries, reports of spies looking for listening devices, and claims of car tampering have prompted alarmed experts around the world to call on New Zealand’s government to protect a vocal China scholar. University of Canterbury professor ...

Australian scientists will spearhead the design of an ambitious $32 million telescopic optics system that will produce images of space three times sharper than those of the Hubble Space Telescope. Scientists from the Australian National University and Macquarie University will ...

Office workers who opt to stand are likely to burn just nine calories an hour more than their seated colleagues, a study reveals. Researchers from the University of Bath say their work questions the effectiveness of standing as a strategy ...

Queensland scientists have developed a test they hope could be “the holy grail” for diagnosing cancer. The test has been developed by University of Queensland researchers who have discovered a unique DNA nanostructure that appears to be common to all ...

RMIT University recently held a special event to celebrate its 131st birthday, entitled Will Robots Eat our Jobs? The event featured Vice-Chancellor Martin Bean and a panel of experts discussing what the future of jobs might be in a world ...

The University of Melbourne and Australian National University has continued to perform well in an international subject ranking. Overall, 11 Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings subject tables were published over four dates. UniMelb was ranked first in Australia in ...

Thanks to the rise of online education, tertiary institutions are finding it harder to entice students back on campus. Rather than bemoaning the trend, some universities are deploying designers to transform their campuses into thriving, dynamic communities that satisfy students’ ...

Young Australians are stuck in part-time purgatory with 44 per cent of all 20- to 24-year-olds not in full-time work, according to a new report. Part-time employment has quadrupled in the 40 years since 1978, hindering young people’s ability to build ...