London museum finds 1883 SMH inside one-tonne sunfish
A piece of the Herald found inside a giant fish shows not much has changed since 1883.
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Breathtaking photos from space remind us of our common home
During the 50 years we have been able take photos of Earth from space, we have become somewhat blase about the little blue planet on which we live.
How scientists read an ancient and fragile biblical scroll without unrolling it
When it was discovered in Israel in 1970, the En-Gedi scroll was clearly in no shape to be read. Now, 40 years alter, researchers
Space station will fall to Earth - somewhere - in 2017
Tiangong 1, China's first space laboratory, will come to a fiery end in late 2017.
How early Aboriginal Australians journeyed from Africa
Aboriginal Australians are found to have the closest genetic links to Highland Papua New Guinea populations, providing new insights into the movement of early humans following their dispersal from Africa.
What you are missing out on if you don't do the maths
By corralling mathematics and science as (male) subjects for the unimaginative and the arts as (female) subjects of expression, we commit educational crimes.
The secret - and brutal - sex lives of redback spiders
Male redbacks have a previously unknown evolutionary trick to mate more than once.
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.
CSIRO to be 'world's best' within a decade, says Hunt
The Turnbull government has set itself the goal of establishing the CSIRO as the "world's premier public research organisation" within 10 years.
Enzyme evolution revealed in groundbreaking ANU study
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.
Bringing a parrot in peril back from the brink
A concerted effort is underway to save the endangered golden shouldered parrot of remote Cape York.
Is artificial sweetener safe? It depends who you believe
A Sydney Uni study finds evidence of bias in industry-funded research into artificial sweeteners.
'I knew straight away something was wrong': A flicker of hope for Emily
A snowboarding accident left Emily James paralysed. A new UTS centre is offering hope for her community.
The four ways your social network is different to real life networks
A visiting Yale professor believes social networks can be used for good - but is there something a little Big Brother about it all?
More than a billion stars mapped by European satellite
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.
NASA takes 'naked' pictures of Great Barrier Reef to help save it
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.
A vision of life on Mars in the depths of 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.
The young scientist building a future beyond antibiotics
It's a promising step into a post-antibiotic world.
Sweet snail venom to inspire fast-acting insulin for diabetics
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 venomous 10 - Australia's most painful creatures, rated by the guy who knows
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.