The energy and climate change minister, Chris Bowen, right, and the assistant minister for climate change, Josh Wilson, discuss the National Climate Risk Assessment. The energy and climate change minister, Chris Bowen, right, and the assistant minister for climate change, Josh Wilson, discuss the National Climate Risk Assessment. News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into'laughable' science fiction On the front page of the Daily Telegraph, Australia's first comprehensive assessment of the risks from climate change became "SCIENCE FICTION". In other leading stories, wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels were a source of mountains of landfill waste. Some might say there's a pattern there that would not be out of character with News Corporation's more than occasional animosity towards climate change science and renewable energy.

A self-driving robot is now going rounds the lobby of SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile operator, to ensure social distancing and provide disinfectants. With cameras and an LED screen, the robot checks their temperature, dispenses hand sanitizer, disinfects the floor, and greets visitors to "take part in social distancing." Created by SK Telecom and Omron Electronics Korea, the robot provides an industrial automation solution and transmits data to its server in real-time, according to Reuters. It is powered by SK's fifth-generation (5G) technology. Korea has long been using robotics for tasks, including manufacturing and cleaning.

Washington – Can your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect a coronavirus infection before the onset of symptoms? Researchers are increasingly looking at these devices and other such wearables as a possible early-warning system for the deadly virus. Last month, scientists at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute said they had created a digital platform that can detect COVID-19 symptoms up to three days before they show up using the Oura ring, a wearable fitness and activity tracker. An app developed by the researchers uses artificial intelligence to forecast the onset of COVID-19 related symptoms such as fever, coughing, breathing difficulties and fatigue, with over 90 percent accuracy, according to the university. The researchers said the system could offer clues of infection in people not yet showing symptoms -- helping address one of the problems in detection and containment of the deadly outbreak.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a severe toll on industries, health systems and lives since the outbreak began with doctors, scientists and ordinary people racing to find ways to tackle the contagion. From robots to a virus-killing snood and a portable isolation capsule, these new prototypes demonstrate what humans are capable of in the face of adversity. Here are some of the innovations developed to combat the current outbreak that has killed more than 217,000 people and infected 3.1 million. COVID-19 attacks people's lungs making it hard for them to deliver oxygen to the blood. Ventilators, which feed oxygen into the lungs, are a crucial tool to keep people with the virus alive.

News and hype surround the field of radiology with headlines around the world purporting that it will be disrupted overnight. Few companies though really have the evidence to back up these claims. A combination of factors have led to this field being a target for innovators including the expansion of image archiving, the increase of diagnostic image-sharing and the computer-readable DICOM format. These innovative companies are seeking to apply AI, Machine and Deep Learning to this field in the hope of achieving time and cost savings, and to help doctors detect changes such as tumors, hardening of the arteries and provide highly accurate measurements of organs and blood flow. Even though in principal the challenges in this field are ripe for the application of modern technology, there are considerable market barriers new companies must face.