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An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time
A 100-metre-wide asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Training my dog taught me that it's people who really need training
As I watched my hunting dog standing off the lead and lined up with all the other Kleiner Münsterländers, awaiting her turn to swi
Originally published in The Conversation.
FaceApp's fine print means you effectively can't sue them, unless you send a letter to their Russian office within 30 days
Viral photo app FaceApp has taken the world by storm.
Originally published in The Conversation.
Why isn't Australia in deep space?
This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia’s small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape – or at least to broadcast the event.
Those literally otherworldly images – beamed into countless schools, homes and workplaces – were at times routed through the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales.
Originally published in The Conversation.
What's not to like? Instagram's trial to hide the number of 'likes' could save users' self-esteem
Instagram is running a social media experiment in Australia and elsewhere to see what happens when it hides the number of likes on photos and other posts.
Originally published in The Conversation.
What's the next 'giant leap' for humankind in space? We asked 3 space experts
Not one but two Aussie dishes were used to get the TV signals back from the Apollo 11 moonwalk
The role Australia played in relaying the first television images of astronaut Neil Armstrong’s historic walk on the Moon 50 years ago this July features in the popular movie The Conversation.
We need to protect the heritage of the Apollo missions
It
Originally published in The Conversation.
How big is the Moon? Let me compare ...
Even though we can see the Moon shining brig
Originally published in The Conversation.
