Hubble catches a comet disintegrating into oblivion
After 4.5 billion years of existence, Comet 332P is dragging a growing trail of debris 4800 kilometres long.
After 4.5 billion years of existence, Comet 332P is dragging a growing trail of debris 4800 kilometres long.
By corralling mathematics and science as (male) subjects for the unimaginative and the arts as (female) subjects of expression, we commit educational crimes.
The Turnbull government has set itself the goal of establishing the CSIRO as the "world's premier public research organisation" within 10 years.
It could soon become easier to remove blood clots or get rid of pesticides from waterways thanks to new research carried out at the Australian National University.
A concerted effort is underway to save the endangered golden shouldered parrot of remote Cape York.
A Sydney Uni study finds evidence of bias in industry-funded research into artificial sweeteners.
A snowboarding accident left Emily James paralysed. A new UTS centre is offering hope for her community.
A visiting Yale professor believes social networks can be used for good - but is there something a little Big Brother about it all?
A European star-surveying satellite has pinned down the positions and brightness of 1.14 billion stars, putting it on track to create the most accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way and better understand the evolution of the galaxy.
The US space agency is taking images of the Great Barrier Reef from 8.5 kilometres up in a specially equipped jet to gain a better understanding of what humans are doing to the largest living thing on Earth.
Far down in a South African gold mine, scientists are studying tiny life-forms that live in eternal darkness. The conditions provide insights into where life might exist elsewhere.
It's a promising step into a post-antibiotic world.
Did you know that the venom of a carnivorous sea snail can send an unsuspecting fish into a sugar coma? That's weird for a start, right? But get this: snail venom might also be behind the next generation of ultra-fast-acting insulin for diabetics.
The stingray? Yep, Bryan Fry knows it well. He's been stung multiple times. The jagged tear of the puncture wound is nothing compared to the venom that causes mind blowing pain. But it's not the worst Australian wildlife has to offer.
There were nine winners and 11 losers in the latest Australian Research Council funding announcement.
He won a 10-week internship to NASA, now they don't want him to go home.
We are so used to bad news about climate change it is a little hard to process this.
Want to study how to live on Mars? This course will take just 12 hours of your time. And it's free. That's right, gratis.
After a long, painstaking search, the famous comet lander has been found.
Biosecurity scare exposes flaws in the handling of dangerous organisms.
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