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Australia Creates 3,300 Tonnes Of Lithium-Ion Battery Waste A Year: Here’s What We Are Doing About It
A new CSIRO report reveals Australia’s potential to be a world leader in re-using and recycling lithium-ion battery waste.
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43-Year-Old Spider, Believed To Be The World’s Oldest, Dies In Western Australia
If you have a phobia of spiders, you probably take some (very small) comfort in the fact most don’t live beyond the three-year mark. Unless, of course, it’s a trapdoor called “Number 16”, living in WA’s North Bungulla Reserve, in which case the darn thing made it to 43. Yes, forty-three.
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Non-Browning Apples Hit US Shelves Thanks To CSIRO
Preservative free pre-sliced apples that won’t turn brown will be available in US supermarkets this month after Canadian biotech company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc, licensed the technology from CSIRO. Most pre-sliced apples are coated with vitamin C or calcium to prevent browning, these preservatives can alter the taste and make the apples less appealing.
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Australia Is Finally Getting A Space Agency
It’s happening – finally. In the midst of the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, the Federal Government has announced plans to establish an Australian space agency – with Acting science minister Michaelia Cash calling the move “crucial”. Back in July the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science announced a review of the country’s space…