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Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable...
By Mitchell P. Jones, Vienna University of Technology
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However,...
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Facebook plans to ban news from appearing on its Australian sites
By Rob Nicholls, UNSW
Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram...
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Can ageing really be ‘treated’ or ‘cured’? An evolutionary biologist explains
By Zachariah Wylde, UNSW | The Conversation
As time passes, our fertility declines and our bodies start to fail. These natural changes are what we...
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The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it...
By Katharine Kemp, UNSW
Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and...
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People are using artificial intelligence to help sort out their divorce....
By Tania Sourdin, University of Newcastle and Bin Li, University of Newcastle
An online app called Amica is now using artificial intelligence to help separating...
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COVIDSafe tracking app reviewed: the government delivers on data security, but...
By Mahmoud Elkhodr, CQUniversity Australia
Over three million people had downloaded the federal government’s COVIDSafe app just three days after its release last 26 April,...
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