science
Spotlight on ‘beautiful but deadly’ diseases
Visitors to Vivid Sydney 2018 will be able to catch a glimpse of the beauty and danger of viruses and bacteria as they are expanded up to a billion times …
An open source approach
A project launched this week will use an open access database, Twitter, reddit and github for interested parties to find drug compounds to treat a devastating infectious disease A new …
Top 10 science stories of 2017
2017 has been a bumper year for science yarns… Here is a roundup courtesy of the Australian Science Media Centre Trump dumped Paris In June, recently-elected President Donald Trump announced he would …
What in the weird?
Here are the top 10 weirdest science stories of the year, courtesy of the Australian Science Media Centre Sheep recognised Baaarack Obaaama When it comes to picking out a famous …
Playing god?
Calling to mind the sci-fi tale of Dr Moreau and his monstrous experiments, US scientists have created the first ever human-pig embryos and hybrid “chimeras” Using stem cell technology, Californian …
Science on the silver screen
A Melbourne film festival is screening contemporary science fiction movies next weekend, followed by a Q&A with researchers and storytellers “From human clones to mutant monsters, the big screen loves …