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Hydrogen And Carbon Capture Receive Extra Funding, As Morrison Prepares For Biden Summit
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced next month’s budget will include a further $539.2 million government investment in new clean hydrogen and carbon capture, use and storage projects. This comes ahead of this week’s summit on climate convened by US President Joe Biden, which Morrison will address overnight Thursday (AET). The virtual summit of some…
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A Month At Sea Taught Me How To Steal My Life Back From My Phone
A survey this year revealed that Australians, on average, spend 10.2 hours a day with interactive digital technologies. And this figure goes up every year.
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How Safe Is Your Data When You Book A COVID vaccine?
The Australian government has appointed the commercial company HealthEngine to establish a national booking system for COVID-19 vaccinations. Selected through a Department of Health limited select tender process, the platform is being used by vaccine providers who don’t have their own booking system. However, HealthEngine has a track record of mishandling confidential patient information.…
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New Warp Drive Research Dashes Faster Than Light Travel Dreams
In 1994, physicist Miguel Alcubierre proposed a radical technology that would allow faster than light travel: the warp drive, a hypothetical way to skirt around the universe’s ultimate speed limit by bending the fabric of reality. It was an intriguing idea – even NASA has been researching it at the Eagleworks laboratory – but…