Pluto's icy heart may hide an underground ocean
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Three Australian inventions CSIRO is hoping to take to market.
A warming climate means the days of Melbourne's boulevards being lined with exotic elm trees are numbered. Instead, the city's landmark boulevards will be lined with trees that can tolerate the higher temperatures forecast in the future. But don't think that automatically means gum trees.
Security contractors recently discovered pre-installed software in phones that monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they text.
A former NASA astronaut has a project that he hopes will change the way people view the world.
Frog calls that greeted researchers after the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires were robust in number. But genetic testing has revealed they are alarmingly limited in diversity, catching researchers on the hop.
Wondering why it's so hard to resist when asked if you "want fries with that"? Or why the smell of sizzling bacon makes your mouth water and stomach rumble? Turns out there is a scientific explanation for salt cravings.
Make sure you are up to date with all the best viewing tips when the supermoon rises on November 14.
Sunday night's quake released more than 50 times the energy triggered by the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
A pregnant Baw Baw frog, found high on a muddy mountaintop could be the key to a successful captive breeding program for the seriously endangered animal.
Rather than acting alone, new research shows Shakespeare was more like a member of a Seinfeld writing team.
Conventional wisdom has it that people with dementia can't learn new things. But results of a pilot program encouraging patients with early and mid-stage dementia to write their own song lyrics suggests otherwise.
Half of all Australians can expect to receive treatment during their lives that relies on this technology.
Predicting suicide attempts is notoriously difficult; now machines might help.
And the winner is ... Sidderney! Australia will host the event dubbed the "Space Olympics".
Ecosystems are a lot like trust: They take a moment to break, and forever to rebuild.
You've heard of the expression to run like the wind. Well in Melbourne last month, the wind didn't run - it flew. But exactly how far did Melbourne's persistent spring winds travel? Put it this way: if you hitched a ride you'd need a passport.
Mars might look a bit like Earth - but don't be fooled. Getting there will be hard.
On the night of November 14, wander outside and gawk up at the sky.
The mystery of Saturn's rings may have finally been solved, according to a team of Japanese scientists.
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