RSS (Innovation and Technology In Depth web feed) Analysis › Innovation and Technology

Where are we ten years after Dolly?

This Wednesday marks ten years since a lamb named Dolly, born in Scotland, made international headlines as the globe's first cloned mammal.

Critics say nanotech plan sidelines public

The Australian public is being left out of crucial decisions on nanotechnology that will affect their future health, environmental, social and economic wellbeing, says an environmental group.

Chernobyl's effects linger 20 years on

Twenty years ago, explosions at the Chernobyl power plant sent a huge radioactive cloud into the air in the world's worst civilian nuclear accident that still affects millions of people today.

Mixed response to new uni funding plan

A proposed plan requiring Australian universities to prove their impact on business and the community before they get government research funding has met with a mixed response.

Censorship 'just tip of iceberg'

Allegations the Australian government has pressured some of its top scientists to keep quiet about the implications of climate change are just the tip of the iceberg of scientific censorship, commentators say.

Wikipedia faces crisis

Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that its users write and update collaboratively, faces a crisis after a false biography raised questions about its credibility.

Australia reconsiders nuclear future

Senior members of Australia's government are pushing for a debate on a home-grown nuclear power industry in a country that digs up and exports a sizeable chunk of the world's uranium but has long shunned nuclear energy.

Fight over 'open access' looming

The scientific body that was a pioneer of peer-review journals says moves to provide immediate and free online access to research could have "disastrous" consequences for science.

CSIRO goes for high tech and big impact

Australia's leading scientific organisation, the CSIRO, is preparing for a big change in its research priorities, according to a leaked report, and not everyone is happy.

Why did CryoSat crash?

Authorities have launched an investigation into what caused a satellite designed to gauge global warming to crash into the Arctic minutes after its take-off in Russia this weekend.

The hidden costs of biofuels

Concerns that the health and environmental impacts of biofuels haven't been properly examined have arisen following a recent Australian government report and a pledge to promote their use.

Public shies away from human cloning

The Australian public is a long way from accepting the creation of human clones for research, judging by submissions to the independent committee reviewing laws on cloning and stem cell research.

Unions say nano-loopholes may hurt workers

Unions say thousands of Australian workers could be being exposed to potentially dangerous nanoparticles.

The future of the shuttle

Hours after the space shuttle Discovery landed in the California desert, its crew tried to sway opponents of the shuttle program and US plans to send manned flights to the Moon, Mars and beyond.