Members of Curtin University's Desert Fireball Network (DFN) team have successfully tracked and recovered a freshly fallen meteorite from a Western Australian farm near Morawa, several hundred kilometres north-east of Perth.
The organisation that froze a 14-year-old British cancer victim concedes that the odds of revival are no more than 50-50.
It was an Australian invention developed in war-time conditions that allowed Queen Elizabeth II to tour insect-free in '63. While the royal link that brought insect repellent to the masses is true, not all mozzie management techniques stack up. Here are some hits - and misses.
Greg Hunt pulls Larry Marshall into line with new directive.
A 14-year-old girl who has died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be "woken up" and cured in the future after winning a landmark court case in her final days.
A 14-year-old girl who has died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be "woken up" and cured.
Remaining on Earth any longer, Hawking believes, places humanity at great risk of encountering another mass extinction.
Three Australian inventions CSIRO is hoping to take to market.
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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.
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