Unsorted beetles at the CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra. Photo: supplied

News

AI to help name Australia's anonymous flora and fauna

The CSIRO is planning to use artificial intelligence to identify and name its millions-strong collection of Australian animals and plants that will otherwise languish unrecognised for decades – even centuries.

Arts & Culture

An artist's surreal view of Australia - created from satellite data

Media artist Grayson Cooke uses satellite data to produce beautifully surreal images of Australian landforms, with his latest video project to be  screened at next month’s Spectra Art + Science event in Adelaide.

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Smartphone science teaching tool captures Google's attention

Google is courting an Adelaide startup that utilises smartphone sensor technology to develop a range of science learning tools.

Features

Would you eat meat grown in a lab?

Futurists say we will be eating in vitro meat (IVM) – meat grown in a laboratory rather than on a farm – within five to 10 years. But are consumers ready to use the artificial product as a regular replacement for the real thing?

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Catalyst for cleaner, faster chemicals

Enzymes, described as the ‘engine rooms’ of the natural world, can now work up to 16 times faster thanks to ‘paradigm shifting’ technology developed between Flinders and University of California Irvine.