Endangered Baw Baw frogs hatched in captivity for first time

Bridie Smith Science Editor   Keepers at Melbourne Zoo have for the first time managed to hatch and raise young Baw Baw frogs, a Victorian species listed internationally as critically endangered.

Space

Far-off planet in a spin

Scientists have for the first time measured the rotation of a planet in another solar system - a juvenile, gassy giant spinning at a breakneck 90,000 km/h.

Science

Bionic eye gives hope to blind

Bridie Smith   A prototype bionic eye is shaping up as a breakthrough for blind patients such as Dianne Ashworth.

Science

3D-printed cast could heal bones 40% faster

Lucy Kinder   A Turkish designer has created a medical cast using 3D printing which could heal broken bones up top 40 per cent faster.

Eclipse

Perth enjoys rare view of solar eclipse

Candice Barnes   It was a case of "now you see it, now you don't" for Perth skywatchers on Tuesday, as patchy cloud threatened a rare view of a solar eclipse.

Science

Computers read pain better than humans

Jan Hoffman   Scientists are striving for a goal more complex than chess or Jeopardy! - programming computers to read human facial expressions.

Tech

With ingenuity and a 3D printer, group changes lives

Andrea Chang   Mick Ebeling arrived in Sudan with little more than a toolbox, rolls of plastic and two microwave-size 3D printers.

Science

Solar eclipse set to cast its shadow

Caroline Zielinski   Australian star-gazers will be treated to a rare celestial spectacle from late Tuesday afternoon, as an annular solar eclipse casts its shadow across the land down under. 

Science

Cloning technique could help treat diabetes

Nicky Phillips   For the first time scientists have used cells from a woman with type 1 diabetes to create cloned human embryos from which they extracted embryonic stem cells.

Partial solar eclipse on Tuesday visible, weather permitting

Henry Belot   Canberrans may be able to see a partial solar eclipse on Tuesday afternoon - if the rain holds off.

Space

SpaceX to sue Pentagon over satellite launch monopoly

Kathleen Miller and Jonathan D. Salant   Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to sue the US Air Force, saying it should be allowed to compete in a satellite-launch market monopolised by the two biggest defence contractors.

Sci-tech

Human brains as software the next tech step

Andrew Masterson   Sometimes the tenets of technology and articles of faith are damned difficult to distinguish.

Tech

Astronaut snaps coolest selfie ever

Brett Molina   Getting ready to take a selfie? Stop. Put down your smartphone. No other selfie can top the one taken by Steve Swanson.

Sci-tech

Aussie quantum computing star elected member of prestigious society

Heath Gilmore   Australian quantum computing star Michelle Simmons has joined Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell as an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Experiment

Pitch, err, this: World's longest-running experiment finally drops

Bridie Smith   The world's longest-running laboratory experiment has finally delivered a result - eight months after the man who patiently watched over it unrewarded for five decades died.

Science

Scientists create graphene in kitchen blender

Amina Khan   Scientists have found that they can create high-quality graphene sheets using a kitchen blender and ordinary dishwasher detergent.

Science

Aboriginal scientific achievements recognised at last

Ray Norris   While Gallileo thought the moon had nothing to do with the tides, the Yolngu people from the Northern Territory knew better.