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A male holding a thin plastic tube between is left index finger and his right forefingers The word BEXTOR is printed on it.

What a load of bull: auctioning cattle semen for charity

Don't adjust your screen - this isn't the Betoota Advocate. We're auctioning off 5000 ‘straws’ of bull semen, all in the name of charity.

Meet Samia: the first Tunisian woman to set foot in Antarctica

Our research scientist Samia Elfekih travels the world fighting the mosquito-borne diseases afflicting hundreds of millions of people. Her next stop: Antarctica.

Food growing in a greenhouse

To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t

Synthetic biology lets us explore places where evolution has never gone, to help meet humanity's food needs in a future shaped by climate change.

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Good books: Give the gift of science this year

Trying to find a unique gift for that impossible-to-buy-for person in your life. We may have the answer.

Magpie geese return with help from ethical AI and Indigenous Knowledge

In the wetlands of Kakadu, rangers are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Indigenous Knowledge to care for country. The results are promising: thousands of magpie geese are returning to roost.

Fertilising tractor driving over a field

Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse

Measurements and modelling have found nitrous oxide emissions, a greenhouse gas 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide, are significantly higher than previously reported.

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One hack of a weekend

A tool to capture whale sounds and share them with the community and an app to help keep you cool in the city. These were the winning ideas from GovHack.

Robot on concrete floor - just one example of tech within the AI Roadmap

AI Roadmap for environmental and social good

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the power to change life itself. We're using it to transform economies, unlock new societal and environmental value and accelerate scientific discovery.

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Meet the innovation expert behind our RV Investigator

Network 10's Australia By Design series is looking for Australia’s top innovation of 2019. Our own Toni Moate is an expert judge on the show. Find out what makes her so qualified for the job.

Homeward Bound: the women on an epic Antarctic journey

Homeward Bound enables women in STEM to impact and lead their community, whilst in Antarctica. Meet our scientists going on the research trip of a lifetime!

Two Yellowfin Tuna jump out of water

Tuna tissue tells tale of climate change

We've used the tissues of tuna to detect signals of climate change in the oceanic food web, indicating large-scale change in our marine ecosystems.

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Breakthrough in hunt for deadly cereal killer

A cereal killer is on the loose. A team of internal experts are on a mission to uncover the origins of the world’s deadliest strain of cereal rust disease.