Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, explains that he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he was showing signs of altitude sickness.
Australia's performance in science continues to slide due to ineffective, traditional teaching practices and an outdated curriculum. Here's what needs to change.
The discovery of an enormous reservoir of ultra-cold gas, 100 billion times the mass of our Sun, in a distant galaxy reshapes our scientific understanding of how stars and galaxies formed in the early universe.
The craze of bottle flipping has been labelled noisy, annoying and addictive, but while some schools are banning the pastime, one is turning it into a competitive sport to teach students about probability.
What will it take for hi-tech wheelchairs, exoskeletons, robotic arms and mind control to really change the everyday lives of people with physical disabilities?
The December night sky provides the best view of distant galaxies for professional astronomers, but you can see some of our closest neighbours too, if you know where to look.
A new global report card shows Australian students' results in science and maths slipping, with central Asia's Kazakhstan moving ahead in the rankings. But can you do any better?
Electronics might be cheaper than ever before, but they're also harder to fix. Now a movement is fighting to ensure consumers have a "right to repair" the goods they own.
The banks could have used their collective bargaining power not only against Apple for Apple Pay but also to stall the adoption of mobile payments in Australia.
An online robot lawyer designed to help people represent themselves in court state their case to the sentencing magistrate will be launched by a Melbourne law firm this week.