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UQ researchers are exploring whether solar power could provide electricity and thermal energy for a moon base or settlement.
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford.
Senegal unveils Museum of Black Civilisations
Senegal has unveiled its first Museum of Black Civilisations in the capital city, Dakar.
Following calls from Sengalesians for France to return art stolen during the colonial era; this Museum is a welcome addition.
The artwork includes pieces from Mali, Burkina Faso, Cuba and Haitian artists; and the Museum was constructed after a US$34 million Chinese investment.
Disgraced Chinese scientist, Dr He, missing
Disgraced Chinese scientist, Dr He, has been missing for over a week.
After receiving widespread criticism for using gene-editing technology to alter the genes of twin girls in an attempt to protect them from infection with the HIV virus; Dr He has not been seen since he tried to defend his behaviour at the Human Genome Editing Summit in Hong Kong.
Dr He’s work has been universally condemned, and China's Vice-Minister of Science and Technology has shut down Dr He’s lab and ordered a full investigation into his work.
Two bodies found in caravan park in Central Queensland
Authorities were called to caravan park in Central Queensland yesterday after they discovered the bodies of a 63-year-old man and a 60-year-old women.
The man was discovered outside of his caravan with significant head injuries and was transported to a Gladstone Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The woman was found dead inside the caravan. Police are currently treating the deaths as suspicious.
Australian man convicted of murder set for release from Thai prison
An Australian man convicted of the murder of a Hells Angels boss is expected to be released from jail today in Thailand.
Antonio Bagnato was sentenced to the death penalty last February after he was convicted in 2015 for kidnapping and killing his boss in the resort town of Pattaya.
An official for the Bwangkwang prison confirmed there is a court order to release Mr Bagnato but Thai police are set to re-arrest him on separate charges.
Researchers explore solar power’s use on a potential moon base
Two University of Queensland students are exploring whether solar power could provide around the clock electricity and thermal energy for a moon base or settlement.
It’s one step in a research project by Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students Reece Otto and Shon Mori to develop a versatile and scalable power solution for space settlements.
Their paper demonstrates that by using concentrated solar power in conjunction with thermal storage from moon rocks, electrical energy and thermal energy may be used.
Driver Reviver Program kicks off for another year
Community engagement activities will be held across the state from tomorrow to promote safer driving habits for long-distance drivers as part of the Driver Reviver Program.
The program encourages people travelling long distances to take a break, with dedicated volunteers across the state offering a hot drink and time for a chat to help motorists get to their destinations safely.
For more than 28 years, Driver Reviver has been run by volunteers, funded by sponsors and supported by the Transport and Main Roads Department.
Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs
- For many artists, recording an album is an innately emotional process, a tangible document of their mental state at the time. This couldn't be truer for Earl Sweatshirt, whose promising start with rap collective Odd Future was cut short by two years at a Samoan boarding school. Debut album Doris, released after Earl's return, boiled down his youthful anger into something much darker.
TourniquetX: Global Intimacy
- Over the years I’ve become a bit suspicious of the music industry. All that money that pools up at the big end of town, grabbed in fistfuls by the major labels - how much of that gets back to the little people, the struggling artists? Well I reckon, not much. Just the other day I was surprised to learn that someone -who I wouldn’t have suspected- felt the same way; that person was Sia.
Jeff Tweedy: WARM
- WARM, is the first solo album of original songs by Indie-rock icon and Wilco frontman, Jeff Tweedy. The album coincides with the release of Tweedy’s autobiography, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), and despite being over thirty years into his career, both are unfamiliar territory for the legendary songwriter. At fifty-one, Tweedy is simultaneously too old to be releasing his first solo album, and too young to be releasing a memoir — but Tweedy has never been one to adhere to conventions.