Tasmanian devils with tumours the size of golf balls have had their cancerous growths disappear, after scientists successfully trialled a new way to kick-start the animals' immune system.
The Mohamed Bin Zayed challenge is the world's richest robotics competition.
Scientists have got a sneak peek into the kitchen and medicine cabinets of Neanderthals by examining the DNA of the stuff stuck on and between their teeth. What they found smashes common misconceptions of the cavemen.
Don't get your hopes up that astronomers will find new home planets in case we continue to screw up our own.
A new blood test which enables doctors to more accurately and rapidly assess the success of a bone marrow transplant has been hailed a lifesaver.
New findings suggest the habitable zone is wider than previously thought, meaning more of the seven Earth-sized exoplanets in the system could qualify.
Artificial human life could soon be grown in a laboratory, scientists believe, after they successfully created an embryo using only stem cells for the first time.
Claims published in Nature that the world's oldest fossils have been discovered have been challenged by leading experts in the field.
Giant spider crabs are gathering in their thousands at Blairgowrie for an annual event so impressive it's drawn David Attenborough and a Japanese film crew to document it. But few Victorians know about it.
Female research scientists are more productive than their male colleagues, are rewarded less for their scientific achievements.
The body produces its own natural defence against HIV, scientists have found, and harnessing this under-used weapon could change the way we treat the virus and prevent it from spreading.
You're not likely to find them at your cafe alongside your smashed avocado.
SpaceX said Monday that it will fly two private citizens around the moon in its Crew Dragon spacecraft next year.
Researchers have identified genetic clues which could reveal a person's risk of going blind.
Restricting the amount of greenery growing beside the state's waterways will have a detrimental effect on the environment while failing to meet its goal of reducing bushfire threats, top waterway ecosystem scientists have warned.
Seven planets have been found in the "goldilocks zone" of a star that will live for 10 trillion years.
Australian men have been knocked off the top spot for world life expectancy, a new report published on Wednesday in The Lancet, has shown.
Rather than a hyper-intellectual, alien activity practiced by a remote priesthood, science is hit and miss, the ever-changing product of less-than-brilliant people, just like every other human activity.
A NASA researcher has grown bacteria that survived thousands of years inside crystals.
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters have rallied in Boston to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the US.
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