Australia Aimed For, and Got, More Stem Graduates. So Where Are the Jobs for Them?
Australia Aimed For, and Got, More Stem Graduates. So Where Are the Jobs for Them?

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Experts insist successes of Brussels' 95bn programme could never be replicated by a UK-only substitute.
The simple messaging favoured by media advisers doesn't chime with a discipline that is messy and incomplete.
UK researchers received little funding from EU programme because of Brexit trade deal negotiations.
Film-makers should retire the cliche of the lone male scientific genius.
Federal scientists would largely be barred from publicly discussing research, which could have a "chilling effect", experts say.
Amid stalemate over UK joining Horizon Europe due to Northern Ireland protocol, Michelle Donelan looks to allies outside bloc.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set its Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to midnight the clock has been since it was established in 1947 to illustrate global existential threats at the dawn of the nuclear weapons age.
From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year's significant scientific developments.
Student archaeologists unearth Huaca Pintada, described as 'the most exciting and important find of recent years'
Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life
It’s on course to guzzle half the world’s carbon budget, so why are governments so afraid to discuss it?
Taking carbon out of the atmosphere will become increasingly important.
António Guterres is heading to Cop27 for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging.
The world's richest man promises more than he has delivered. His social network purchase is likely to go the same way
Magic mushrooms are no magic cure for society's ills, and a substance as powerful as psychedelics can be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands
If the hydrogen-gobbling, methane-producing microorganisms existed, they would have caused their own demise
Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and double winner Barry Sharpless devised way to click molecules together.
Its enzymes degrade polyethylene within hours at room temperature and could 'revolutionise' recycling
Archaeologists say find supports theory that drug was used in burial rituals, possibly to 'enter ecstatic state'
Scheme gets under way as data suggests Environment Agency's own monitoring leaves rivers unprotected
Governments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme
Users no more likely to lack motivation than non-users - but motivation may wane while under the influence
Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity
Prehistoric stone circle and 11th-century church uncovered as country's reservoirs hit 36% of normal capacity
Editorial: We should be keeping endangered species alive rather than bringing animals back from extinction.