Beyond Infinity

One day in the not-too-distant future it may be possible to produce an image of what someone looks like based only on their DNA. In the meantime, forensic police have many high tech tools at their disposal to help solve crime.

One day in the not-too-distant future it may be possible to produce an image of what someone looks like based only on their DNA. In the meantime, forensic police have many high tech tools at their disposal to help solve crime.

Suggestions for responsibly managing your kids' use of technology.

Suggestions for responsibly managing your kids' use of technology.

Our weekly news round-up: Cassini has only 3 orbits to go before being deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15; AI and robotics experts call on UN to ban killer robots; Add-ons for your smart phone turn it into a mini lab to measure everything from heavy metals through to detecting and monitoring malaria and ebola and tracking antibiotic resistance; NASA signs contract with BWXT to revisit use of nuclear thermal propulsion; Federal Court blocks 59 pirate movie sites and 127 domains; Optus and Telstra offer refunds for where advertised NBN speeds were not met; MoviePass lets you see a movie a day for US$30/month - in the US; Adelaide high school students win Robotic Olympics.

Our weekly news round-up: Cassini has only 3 orbits to go before being deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15; AI and robotics experts call on UN to ban killer robots; Add-ons for your smart phone turn it into a mini lab to measure everything from heavy metals through to detecting and monitoring malaria and ebola and tracking antibiotic resistance; NASA signs contract with BWXT to revisit use of nuclear thermal propulsion; Federal Court blocks 59 pirate movie sites and 127 domains; Optus and Telstra offer refunds for where advertised NBN speeds were not met; MoviePass lets you see a movie a day for US$30/month - in the US; Adelaide high school students win Robotic Olympics.

Our weekly news round-up: Cassini has only 3 orbits to go before being deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15; AI and robotics experts call on UN to ban killer robots; Add-ons for your smart phone turn it into a mini lab to measure everything from heavy metals through to detecting and monitoring malaria and ebola and tracking antibiotic resistance; NASA signs contract with BWXT to revisit use of nuclear thermal propulsion; Federal Court blocks 59 pirate movie sites and 127 domains; Optus and Telstra offer refunds for where advertised NBN speeds were not met; MoviePass lets you see a movie a day for US$30/month - in the US; Adelaide high school students win Robotic Olympics.

Our weekly news round-up: Cassini has only 3 orbits to go before being deliberately crashed into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15; AI and robotics experts call on UN to ban killer robots; Add-ons for your smart phone turn it into a mini lab to measure everything from heavy metals through to detecting and monitoring malaria and ebola and tracking antibiotic resistance; NASA signs contract with BWXT to revisit use of nuclear thermal propulsion; Federal Court blocks 59 pirate movie sites and 127 domains; Optus and Telstra offer refunds for where advertised NBN speeds were not met; MoviePass lets you see a movie a day for US$30/month - in the US; Adelaide high school students win Robotic Olympics.

Retired satellite telecoms expert Graeme Hanigan's pet project is the preservation of the first ever commercial solar power station, built in 1980, at White Cliffs in western New South Wales. Graeme explains how it worked and why it should be recognised as an important part of Australia's engineering heritage.

Dr Tony Heyes takes us through the big theories of science and how scientists have responded to philosophy. He shows how the more a scientific theory claims, the better the theory because it can potentially be disproved more easily. At the end of the day, nothing is absolutely certain. Science is tentative, provisional and only a metaphor of reality.