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Scientists have mapped out newly-discovered parts of the coral reef system in Moreton Bay, off the south-east Queensland coast, with the hopes it will help inform decisions to protect the small but diverse system.
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Can science ever be a bit of a giggle? It seems unlikely, like Senate estimates or colonic irrigation being fun, but the list of scientifically inspired funny people is rather impressive.
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University of Western Australia researcher Laura Boykin is made a TED fellow for her work to save East African cassava crops.
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Queensland researchers are optimistic a world-first trial will revolutionise the recovery for people with new spinal cord injuries.
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The University of Tasmania launches a nationwide project to improve the treatment of chronic wounds in Australia.
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When you think of virtual reality, you think of fancy headsets used for gaming and entertainment, but what if the technology could be applied to make life decisions, such as building a house, easier?
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Victorian Holstein heifer calf sold for a quarter of a million dollars and makes Australian dairy history.
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Radio transmitters are inserted into the stomachs of 24 feedlot cattle to monitor their body temperatures, as part of trial investigating the impact of heatwaves on the animals, with an aim to improve their welfare and performance.
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More than 50 scientists from around the world arrive in Hobart after completing the first leg of a three-month voyage around Antarctica.
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Construction of the powerful Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope, which is being built to look back through billions of years of the universe's history, is on the "home straight".
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Almost a third of all people to report having their identity stolen last year are over the age of 55, according to figures from the Federal Government's Scamwatch website.
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Airbus Group plans to test a prototype for a self-piloted flying car as a way of avoiding gridlock on city roads by the end of the year.
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A marine creature captured on Queensland's Sunshine Coast that a Facebook user claimed to be a box jellyfish confuses locals not used to seeing the deadly animal in their waters.
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It started off with a series of suspicious emails and ended in a catastrophic con that saw scammers gain access to union officials' phones, private social media accounts and even their bank accounts.
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More than 3,000 government-linked email accounts have been compromised as part of what is believed to be the largest hacking attack ever — but what does that actually mean? And has your account been affected?
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Apollo astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, is remembered as a "patriot and pioneer" following the 82-year-old's death on Tuesday (AEDT).
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Have brush turkeys taken over your garden? Brush turkeys have got a bad reputation, but there are good reasons to admire — if not love — this native bird.
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Thousands of Australian government officials, including high-profile politicians, senior Defence officials and ambassadors posted overseas, are among the 1 billion victims of the Yahoo data breach, according a secret dataset obtained by the ABC.
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A leopard shark in a Queensland aquarium shocks scientists by becoming the first in the world to give birth without a male, after previously mating in the usual way.
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Researchers at CSIRO are encouraging the public to become citizen scientists with a competition allowing them to name turtles at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef on the WA coast.
