John Elder
The world’s most ancient cave painting, maybe: It’s a 45,500-year-old pig
Australian and Indonesian archaeologists have discovered what “may be the world’s oldest known cave painting”, dating back to at least 45,500 years...
Rise of the (zany) robots: From android orchestras to frog xenobots
Every month, researchers announce new breakthroughs in the development of robots that can perform tricky surgery, rescue lost cats, keep our grandmothers...
Quirky science 2020: There’s nearly always a point to it
A cure for cancer and other diseases, more efficient aerodynamics for the sake of saving fuel, a better mouse trap – there...
Wanted: Cancer patients for clinical trial of COVID nasal spray
Australian cancer patients are enrolling in a clinical trial of a medicated nasal spray that may protect against COVID-19 and other viral...
No more pills every day: New injection for HIV ‘acts like a short-term AIDS vaccine’
A large clinical trial of African women has led to a major breakthrough in the prevention of HIV – a long-lasting injectable...
AI peer pressure? Robots encourage risk-taking in humans, experiment finds
What’s the best way that Artificial Intelligence could take over the human world? By whispering in our ear and encouraging us to...
Should kids be first or last in line for a COVID vaccine? Here’s what we know
US biotech company Moderna said this week that it plans to test its new-technology COVID vaccine on children aged 12 to 17....
Coronavirus: Why it’s a good thing Australia isn’t at the head of the vaccine queue
Those damn Brits, eh? The UK is the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, with 800,000 doses...
Most young suicide victims are mentally ill, but not getting the help they desperately need
Coronial records have found that most young Australians aged 10 to 24 who die by suicide are either diagnosed with or suffer...
Ex-CIA chief urges Iran to deal with Biden, not Trump, after nuclear scientist’s assassination
The former head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of “siding with Iranian zealots” – after he labelled the...