A new sunscreen could provide both UV protection and cooling.

Recent outbreaks of a respiratory virus have sparked fears in a world still recovering from COVID-19.

A new device could help protect against toxic gas leaks.

A fruit grower has been fined $750,000 over a worker’s fatal fall.

SA authorities are reminding operators that importing engineered stone will be banned next year.

A Victorian plastics manufacturer has been fined $40,000 following a grisly workplace injury.

Australian courts seem to see fairness as optional, but draw the line at outright exploitation.

A survey conducted of NT paramedics union has found 88 per cent lack confidence in the leadership of St John Ambulance NT.

The Federal Government has awarded a $2.3 billion detention contract to the Australian arm of a company linked to controversy in the US.

A review of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has revealed an entrenched system of racism, sexism, and exclusionary practices.

One mutation could turn H5N1 from livestock nuisance to a potential human pandemic.

Workplace safety remains elusive for young LGBTQ Australians, as harassment runs rampant.

Safe Work Australia wants feedback on a proposal to lower the exposure standard for aluminium welding fumes.

Cleaning airport surfaces every two hours could significantly reduce norovirus infections.

BHP says Australia's mining future hinges on rocks, reforms, and racing against global rivals.

The Albanese Government has announced sweeping reforms to support communities grappling with PFAS contamination near Defence bases.

Woolworths' warehouse strike has ended, but not before shelves and patience ran dry.

A leaked report reveals governance failures in St John NT.

Students will soon have a new legal ally in disputes with their universities.

Defence reforms have been announced to tackle fatal systemic failures.

Researchers say a particular kind of PFOA may be more prevalent in the environment than predicted.

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For the last few weeks we have been bogged down in the very Earthly matters of royalty, budgets, politics, humanity and celebrity - all good prompts to look away, up into the infinite. 

Health authorities, politicians and scientists have been slowly introducing the world to the concept of ‘One Health’ - an all-inclusive approach to health that extends from the human body right through the global environment. 

This year’s Nobel Prizes honour discoveries that unwind our notion of truth, our understanding of ourselves and the human story, the complexities of cells and the very basics of the universe. 

XENOTRANSPLANTATION - sounds like something that would happen to an ill-fated crew member in Star Trek, but it is also a technical term for using non-human parts to treat or enhance our own bodies. 

I am Tim Hall; a red-blooded, beer-drinking, car-driving Australian male who has no interest in watching sports – at least, not the sports played by humans.

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