Tasmanian Times
Sciences
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1.9KEXPERT REACTION: Australia’s Plain Tobacco Packaging
Plain packaging for tobacco in Australia may not have had the desired effects of encouraging smokers to quit and discouraging new smokers...
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Emissions Could Add 38cm to 2100 Sea Level Rise
A NASA-led effort indicates that if greenhouse gas emissions continue apace, Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could substantially contribute to global sea...
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Why Some Artificial Intelligence is Smart until it’s Unintelligent
Machine learning has found uses in fields as diverse as particle physics and radiology, and its influence is growing. But so is...
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1.5KAustralian Wins Ig Nobel for Worm Woofer Work
Vibrating a slightly inebriated earthworm on a sub-woofer speaker in a rural Victorian backyard shed hashelped to land Australia one of the...
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Tas Students Getting Stuck Into Science Challenge
Aspiring scientists and engineers are testing their skill and innovation in a state-wide competition that kicked off in Hobart on Tuesday. The...
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Is There Life on Venus?
David Bowie may have got his planets mixed up, it seems, after international researchers say they’ve discovered a tantalising hint that Venus...
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Deeper Picture of Urchin Barrens
Multibeam sonar mapping and an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) have been used to monitor changes in urchin barrens at sites around the...
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Frustration with Forestry
Coupe SX027E showing the STT blue flagging tape marking the edge of the Class 4 stream as photographed by Forestry Watch
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ePrescribing Case Study, Penguin
Synopsis ACRRM has been working closely with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) and the Department of Health to support the implementation...
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Climate Change Didn’t Stop for COVID-19
A new report shows that despite COVID-19, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase.
