Education

Driver with GPS map. | Newsreel

Aussie back-up for GPS technology

An Australian venture is building a satellite navigation system which will provide a local alternative to the US-owned Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. RMIT
Read more 22 January 2025
Chile has been in drought for 15 years - Newsreels

Prolonged megadroughts are here to stay

Persistent megadroughts will become a more prevalent feature of the global climate, according to a 40-year study released this week. The Swiss Federal Institute for
Read more 22 January 2025
Hydrogen-powered airplane. | Newsreel

Queensland flight plan for hydrogen-electric plane

A Queensland aircraft manufacturer is planning to fly a hydrogen-electric aircraft between Gladstone and Brisbane this year to test the cutting-edge
Read more 21 January 2025
Brisbane City Council Metro vehicle. | Newsreel

School bus changes to support Brisbane Metro launch

Brisbane’s stop-start, turn-up-and-go, Metro service officially starts next week, with the high-capacity, high-frequency public bus rapid transit system operating
Read more 21 January 2025
The Moon was created almost entirely from materials ejected from the Earth - Newsreel

Moon was a chip off the old block

New insights have emerged on the formation of the Moon. It now seems that it was created almost entirely from materials ejected from the Earth. Previously the formation
Read more 21 January 2025
Cancer is shifting towards women and young people - Newsreel

Cancer impacting more women and young adults

Mortality rates from cancer are continuing to drop but the disease is starting to shift towards women and younger people. American Cancer Society data, released this
Read more 21 January 2025
St John Vianney's Primary School family. | Newsreel

Pre-Prep program prepares parents and pupils

An expanded pre-Prep program in Brisbane’s east, which includes closer ties to local kindergartens, is giving parents the tools to prepare their children for
Read more 21 January 2025
A new study says that early humans were primarily vegetarians.

Early humans found to be vegetarians

The popular image of early humans feasting on animals may be off the mark. New research has found that early hominins mostly ate plants. A study, published this week in
Read more 21 January 2025
Aging robots may need to be repurposed and reskilled to avoid future junk heaps - Newsreel

Aging robots may need to re-trained

There has been significant attention paid to the need to reskill humans in the digital high-tech era. Now, it seems, robots may need to do the same to avoid high-tech
Read more 21 January 2025
Panoramic view of the Andromeda galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. | Newsreel

Galactic image of 200 million stars 10 years in the making

A photograph 10 years in the making and featuring 200 million stars is helping scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy. University of Washington astronomers
Read more 20 January 2025