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Interronauts | CSIRO podcast Ep 21: Science of indecision, helping endangered fish with hands and saws for faces

Jesse and Sarah discuss indecision, a tiny imperilled handfish, Australia's roadmap towards a future in space, AND they chat with CSIRO researcher Dr Rich Pillans about the seven metre leviathan: the largetooth sawfish.

Antennas of the ASKAP radio telescope under the milky way

Explosions in the sky: ASKAP detects 20 new Fast Radio Bursts

It took the world's telescopes 10 years to find approximately 20 FRBs. Using ASKAP, a team of Aussie scientist have been able to find 20 in one year.

The technology is a great way of improving meat tenderness and the eating quality of cheap cuts. (Flickr: PepOmint)

Shockwave technology tenderises meat and improves eating quality of cheaper cuts, scientists say

Scientists have found the eating quality of tough cuts of meat like shank, silverside and chuck steak can be improved using shockwave technology, in what could be a win for farmers and consumers.

Love is in the water: Critically endangered handfish embrace art, new ceramic nests

The spotted handfish—the first marine fish to be declared Critically Endangered—is a Tasmanian treasure and we've just paired science with art to help bring them back from the brink.

An extreme close up of a native Australian bee head pointing towards the camera

How to shoot bees (with a camera)

Ecologist and photographer extraordinaire, James Dorey, shares his beeautiful native bee photos and gives you some sweet tips to snap your own pics.

Underwater map of seamounts

Investigator blows the lid on underwater volcanoes

The volcanic lost world is not a myth, we’ve seen it!

sawfish underwater

We came we saw: saving the sawfish

Sawfish are critically endangered. We recently worked with Indigenous rangers to help save these sawsome fish!

Night time image of road with painted road markings reflected

How road markings save lives

If life is a highway, would you want to ride it all night long if there were no road markings to safely guide your journey?

From science fiction to robot reality

Our Data61 is one of seven funded participants competing in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean Challenge, which aims to explore new approaches to rapidly map, navigate, and search underground environments.

Interronauts | CSIRO podcast Ep 20: Teenage mutagenic-ingesting turtles (how I gave up balloons)

On this episode of Interronauts Kate and Gavin join Jesse to talk about scourges of our times: marine debris and antibiotic resistance, as well as science's endeavours to set us on the straight and narrow, the clean and biotic.

Is my gut healthy?

Gut health is a hot topic but misinformation spreads faster than gastro in a school. We’re here to set the record straight.

Red Belly Blockchain: faster, more secure and energy efficient

Red Belly Blockchain—a new variety of blockchain—blew expectations when it was first tested, outperforming the transaction rates of both Bitcoin and Ethereum and providing solutions to long endured blockchain bugs.