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The Greenland shark can live to the age of 400, making it the world's longest-living vertebrate
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Sydney Science Festival starts
Sydney Science Festival started with a bang on Thursday night at the Powerhouse Museum.
Scientists take first picture of night parrot nest. But who ate the eggs?
What or who was behind this outback murder-mystery?
The lingering embers of discovering fire
Figuring out how to make fire was no doubt an evolutionary boon to our ancestors. But it may have led to our smoking habit and the emergence of tuberculosis.
Australian know-how used to design 'planetary probes' to explore Earth's thermosphere
Three tiny craft built in Australia are the first locally made satellites to go into space in 15 years.
Computer gamers have an edge in the classroom: study
Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.
Exhibition puts you in Large Hadron Collider hotseat
Smashing atoms right in the centre of Sydney.
The man taking on the $26b baby formula market
The vision? "A world where where all babies, whether breastfed or formula-fed, are equally healthy, happy and strong."
They carry disease and live among us so why do we know so little about them?
They have lived among us for close to 4000 years. You've likely seen scuttle solo over railway tracks. Or heard nighttime gnawing in your walls or ceiling. Most of the time, you don't even know they're there. And that's the way they like it.
Sydney Science Week: five must-see events
Along with Brian Cox you can explore the secret life of eels, indigenous science and biohacking at Science Week.
X-rays reveal long-hidden secrets of Degas' other woman
A non-invasive technique developed by the Australian Synchrotron has revealed a hidden portrait beneath a Degas painting.
The crazy thing that happens to Jupiter's moon Io every day
World practically bursting with intense volcanic activity has unique interactions with its host planet.
The cat food brands that don't meet nutrition standards
Unclear standards mean we aren't quite sure what we're feeding our favourite little purr balls.
The terrifying reason this star flickers every two minutes
Discovery a reminder that the cosmos is still rife with startling secrets.
Mining mobile phones for gold
Scientists are finding ways to harvest our e-waste stockpiles and transform them into valuable metal alloys.
Scientists startled by strange purple blob on Pacific seafloor
A camera pans the craggy Pacific Ocean floor. A crab lies motionless, its spindly legs sprawled into the dirt.
The scientists who want your spiderwebs
Spider silk's little understood ability to control sound opens the door to a new field of materials science.
Galaxy's 'baby star' is younger than humanity and all alone
Early humans wandered the Earth before this star was even born - and scientists aren't sure why it is forming where it is.
How a grey chunk of rock will rewrite our prehistoric past
No one knew what lay within the grey chunk of rock - or how significant it would prove to be.
What happened to Dolly the sheep's clones
Advances in cloning research have potential to develop cells for organ regeneration.