Olivia Newton-John’s niece Totti Goldsmith has revealed how she said her final goodbye to her beloved aunt over FaceTime two days ago. Totti, who lives in Melbourne, said the family was prepared for the death of the Australian entertainment icon. “It’s not a shock, we’ve known how sick she’s been, especially the last five days,” …
Jake Turpin is out in the cold after the Broncos confirmed he will not be at the club next season, while a potential suitor has denied they are interested in his services. Meanwhile, the Broncos are ready to give Kobe Hetherington a pay rise in a bid to ward off NRL rivals and Eels star …
China’s ambassador to Australia has stressed there will be no compromise with Taiwan, saying Beijing has been “hoping for peaceful reunification” but will not rule out using other means if necessary. Key Points: As China continues military exercises around Taiwan, Xiao Qian says there is no room for compromise He addressed ties with Australia, saying …
A pre-emptive strike by One Nation to register dozens of website addresses that could be used in the Indigenous Voice referendum campaign in Parliament has backfired, with several of the party’s new acquisitions set to be suspended. Key Points: Pauline Hanson says her campaign acquired 46 website domains in opposition to an Indigenous voice in …
In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluate the sensitivity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sublineage Omicron BA.2.75 to neutralization. Study: Neutralization sensitivity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 subline. Image credit: gan chaonan / Shutterstock.com background On July 15, 2022, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control …
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According to experts, the “Sturgeon” supermoon, as it’s known in the US Farmers’ Almanac, will appear 37 percent brighter than a “mini moon,” and while our eyes aren’t keen enough to pick the difference, can show it shining behind a camera lens.
The ACTU has proposed a radical overhaul of the country’s economic structures, promoting a tax on companies that benefit from high inflation and price controls on some goods and services, while instructing the Reserve Bank to reduce the unemployment In a plan to be debated at the federal government’s jobs summit, the Australian Council of …
Routine childhood vaccinations have fallen so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are sounding the alarm. Internationally, in 2021 alone, 25 million children will have missed out on life-saving vaccines. This is the largest sustained drop in childhood immunization in a generation. In Aotearoa, New Zealand, we are …
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According to two recent research papers published in Nature Genetics, newly created artificial intelligence (AI) systems were able to predict the three-dimensional (3D) structure of DNA as well as the function of its elements regulators based only on their raw sequence. Predicted 3D structure for a segment of human genomic DNA. Image credit: UT Southwestern …
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