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Finding food security in a changing climate
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Our research has led to new sophisticated technology that is increasing crop yields in difficult environmental conditions caused by climate change.
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Dragonfly technology provides pinpoint accuracy and super speed
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Imagine a world powered by predictive artificial vision and machine learning.
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Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come
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The damaging effects of housing disadvantage on people’s mental health can persist even years after their housing situation improves.
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Making wine in a warmer world
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South Australian winemakers are looking to Europe as the climate—and what drinkers want—is changing.
From Star Wars to Apocalypse Now, director’s cuts are all the rage. But do they make the films any better?
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Is this self-indulgence or part of the artistic process?
Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned up
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The ancestral population of modern humans appears to have split as it moved across Asia.
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Drought-tolerant grape vines tested for Australian conditions
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Increasing temperatures and frequency of heat waves are affecting vine harvests and our researchers are investigating potential solutions.
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Peter Dutton is whipping up fear on the medevac law, but it defies logic and compassion
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The medevac law was passed to streamline the process for emergency medical evacuation of refugees from Manus Island and Nauru.
A giant species of trilobite inhabited Australian waters half a billion years ago
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A fossil of the giant new trilobite species Redlichia rex.
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NASA and space tourists might be in our future but first we need to decide who can launch from Australia
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, US, May 2019.