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Climate change, not humans, killed off megafauna
It's a contentious question. Why did the giant kangaroos and rhino-sized wombats that once roamed Australia die out?
It's a contentious question. Why did the giant kangaroos and rhino-sized wombats that once roamed Australia die out?
Pineapples are the latest - and strangest - weapon to emerge in the global battle against superbugs which are predicted to kill up to 10 million people a year by 2050.
Scientists hunting for the cosmic glue that holds the universe together are hoping they strike gold in an unlikely place: a mine in the Victorian country town of Stawell.
Australians have been called upon to donate their DNA and help establish the country's first historical DNA database, providing researchers with a crucial tool for solving wartime mysteries - some which date back 100 years.
Melbourne Zoo will review its emergency procedures after the fatal shooting of an endangered gorilla two lion at overseas zoos.
Warrnambool truck driver Darren Ledner spends hours on the road for work delivering milk. So when the weekend comes around, the last thing he feels like is a four-hour round-trip journey to Geelong for medical appointments.
The promise of a new centre for biomedical engineering based in Melbourne hangs in the balance after the federal government refused a request from the Andrews government for $60 million.
Fair-haired Egyptian mummies were natural blondes, according to a Melbourne researcher who has blown open the urban myth surrounding the appearance of some of the youngest mummified Egyptians.
Elka Johansson was born with a big heart. It was inherited from her mother. And it had the potential to kill her.
A tearaway group of WWI descendants banned from marching with their battalion banners in the official Anzac Day parade, held an alternative march and service on Monday.
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