Ground-breaking images of nearby star give new insight into Sun's infancy and other top stories.

• Ground-breaking images of nearby star give new insight into Sun's infancy

  

  Pioneering new research that has provided close-up pictures of a nearby star has given a fascinating insight into how the Sun may have behaved billions of years ago. A team of international astronomers, including Professor Stefan Kraus from the ...

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• CSIRO technology to be at the heart of the world's largest radio telescope in China

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. World's largest telescope dish A timelapse of workmen building the world's largest single-span telescope dish, designed by CSIRO and The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. PT0M29S 620 349 Australian technology is literally going to be at the heart of the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, to be commissioned this year in China.The Five-hundred Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will dwarf the curr..

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• Cyber attacks routine for Chinese firms

  

  China has been cited as one of the most active countries for cybercrime attacks at New Zealand's first Cyber Security Summit in Auckland.Jim Lewis, senior vice president for the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the most active cyber attackers were based in Russia, Iran, and China, with the latter mainly focused on economic espionage.Lewis cited the example of an Australian company in talks recently on a deal with Chinese interests who said there had been 200 efforts ..

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• The creators of Apple's Siri have built a new personal assistant called 'Viv'

  

  The engineers behind Apple’s virtual assistant Siri have created a new personal assistant called “Viv,” according to The Washington Post. Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, cofounders of Siri, which was bought by Apple in 2010, claim their new AI bot goes beyond what’s currently out there in terms of virtual assistants. Someone can use Viv, for example, to order a pizza without having to dial a phone number, open a webpage, or download a smartphone app. “It’s about taking the way that humans have na..

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• Reef authority's timeline on permits slammed by auditor

  

  THE authority tasked with protecting the Great Barrier Reef is being pushed to accelerate its response to a damning Auditor-General report that has found shortcomings across its regulatory system. Released yesterday, the report from the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit urges the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to speed up its response. The authority had previously said it would take at least five years to improve its regulation of permits - problems that were highli..

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• Australian scientists find Antarctic fossils

  

  Australian scientists find Antarctic fossils

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• Collective Framing of Climate Change Causes More Effective than Individual, UC San Diego Study Suggests

  

  What can you do about climate change? The better question might be: What can we do about climate change? University of California San Diego researchers show in a new study that framing the issue collectively is significantly more effective than ...

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• Review: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

  

  Review: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Naughty Dog uncovers Nathan Drake's uncharted emotions. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is a spectacular conclusion to a series that always promised to blow us away. Truth be told, we thought it did with Uncharted 2: Among Thieves; that was merely a taste of the greatness that was to come on PS4. With genuine emotion, a greater emphasis on character development and more balanced gameplay, A Thief’s End is not only the Uncharted game that surpasses all expectati..

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• Nissan's new Kicks compact SUV for SA

  

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• All the better to see you with: Crocs look to the horizon

  

  Horizontal band of photoreceptors means crocodiles can spot prey in front or to the side Photoreceptors means crocs can see clearly without moving their head, making them better hunters Freshwater crocs are more sensitive to red lights than salty cousins CROCODILE eyes are uniquely adapted to scan riverbanks for prey with equal clarity without moving their heads, thanks to a horizontal band of photoreceptors on the back of their eye. Most animals, including humans, have a section on their re..

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