Alyx Gorman

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Alyx Gorman

For over a decade, lab-grown meat has been hailed as the food of tomorrow – a plate changing technological innovation that is right around the corner. Now, in Australia, tomorrow has finally come. After a two-year-long approval process, Food Standards Australia New Zealand has given Australian food technology startup Vow foods the green light to sell three products made from cultured quail cells.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Bertin Huynh |Luca Ittimani |Alyx Gorman

Bertin and Luca. You’re young people. Why are all the kids on my feeds suddenly talking about aura farming, and what does it have to do with Timothée Chalamet? Who has more aura than theDune saga’s prophesied leaderPaul Atreides? Since that role, Chalamet has become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Aura farming is all about cultivating the coolest version of yourself. Think well-tailored suits, lots of grayscale, serious stares and sharp angles.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Steph Harmon |Michael Sun |Alyx Gorman |Sian Cain |Beejay Silcox |Fiona Wright | +3 more

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Alyx Gorman

As I shuffle my way on to Sydney’s metro, a woman stares at me as if I’ve grown a second head. I have earned this perplexed look by exhibiting basic courtesy – moving my backpack to my front in order to avoid jostling other commuters. Shortly after this eyeball exchange, she bangs into my hip with her ludicrously capacious handbag. In almost all ways, the metro has changed my life for the better. It has slightly lengthened my walking commute, while significantly shortening my time on mass transit.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Steph Harmon |Michael Sun |Alyx Gorman |Sian Cain |Beejay Silcox |Fiona Wright | +3 more

Salvage by Jennifer MillsScience fiction, Pan Macmillan, $34.99What does it mean to build a new world from the wreckage of a broken one? This question lies at the heart of Jennifer Mills’ mesmerising new novel, Salvage, which tracks the fortunes of two estranged sisters: gruff, defensive Jude and spectral Celeste. This is a work of speculative fiction, set in a near-future ravaged by war and climate crisis. To survive the chaos, Jude is convinced she needs to shed her past and avoid attachments.