• Gordon Rayner

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.

• Henry Bodkin

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.

• Peter Holley

Remaining on Earth any longer, Hawking believes, places humanity at great risk of encountering another mass extinction.

• Marcus Strom

Three Australian inventions CSIRO is hoping to take to market.

• Sarah Kaplan

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• Bridie Smith

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.

• Matt Apuzzo and Michael S. Schmidt

Security contractors recently discovered pre-installed software in phones that monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they text.

• Marcus Strom

A former NASA astronaut has a project that he hopes will change the way people view the world.

• Bridie Smith

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.

• Bridie Smith

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.

• Bridie Smith

Make sure you are up to date with all the best viewing tips when the supermoon rises on November 14.

• Marcus Strom

Sunday night's quake released more than 50 times the energy triggered by the deadly 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

• Bridie Smith

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.

• Marcus Strom

Rather than acting alone, new research shows Shakespeare was more like a member of a Seinfeld writing team.

• Bridie Smith

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.

• Marcus Strom

Half of all Australians can expect to receive treatment during their lives that relies on this technology.

• Andrew Masterson

Predicting suicide attempts is notoriously difficult; now machines might help.

• Marcus Strom

And the winner is ... Sidderney! Australia will host the event dubbed the "Space Olympics".

• Sarah Kaplan

Ecosystems are a lot like trust: They take a moment to break, and forever to rebuild.