I studied Biotechnology, believing Australia was a forward-looking country, keen to find new solutions to old problems and eager to embrace new technologies. How wrong I was! To make the point, I contrast how Queensland and South Australia are each shaping its energy future: one is pursuing the past, the other the future.         Read more

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‘Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it,' said theoretical physicist Richard Feynman. I saw what he meant when I visited an exhibition of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) which discovered the 'God Particle'. I dig into 'un-complicating' the most expensive particle ever found and ask, as Julius Sumner-Miller did, 'Why is it so?'     Read more

‘My vision is for a country, a society, a world where we don't use any coal, oil, or natural gas because we have zero-emissions electricity in huge abundance.’ That's what Australia's Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel, said in October 2015, a month after Turnbull toppled Abbot as Prime Minister. In 2019 with Morrison at the helm, I update my 2015 post, getting mighty hot under the collar. 
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Are you cool with sharing your personal details, habits and movements on social media or being recorded when you're shopping or walking down the street? You shouldn't be. In this post I reveal what's really happening with your data - and mine. You should be white hot with rage. I am.    Read more

Crytocurrencies have seen spectacular gains and losses - speculation about their future in influential markets like China. We turn over Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency, and find a fatal flaw that no one seems to be talking about.   Read more

Innovators in renewable energy are setting a furious pace, and leaving governments eating their dust. Scientists and businessmen are forging ahead while politicians squabble. In this post, we explore 8 projects from Down Under and the world that show how quickly the cleantech vision has become reality. In some cases, these breakthroughs are breathing life into baskets cases of former technologies. Win-win.   Read more

While consumers and energy companies cry out out for leadership in Australia's energy crisis, our new PM responds with no federal energy policy at all. In this post, we chart how South Australia won the energy war in the face of federal government derision, insult and apathy.   Read more

Will you lose your job to a smarter machine? Possibly. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been unavoidable in the media recently - from cars and trucks without drivers to lawyers and accountants without jobs. We dive into AI to separate the facts from the headlines and find out what AI can, can't and could do to benefit us all.   Read more

Drug technology is an area that sparks heated debate, causes tempers to flare and blood pressures to rise. We delve into the latest research and find some unexpected, good news. You might not see this grabbing headlines on TV or media front pages, but it should. 
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