A fossil believed to be between 500 and 870 million years old is reported missing after it was chipped out of rock in "a selfish act" at SA's Hallett Cove Conservation Park.
Flying cars have been the stuff of science fiction for years, and now companies are starting to look at such options. But what will it take to get our cars off the ground?
Hyperloop transport has been likened to the old-fashioned pneumatic tube mail used in the offices of yesteryear — but will we ever really be able to zip between cities in a speeding metal pod?
Researchers are getting closer to developing software that helps predict the future weight of livestock, ultimately helping farmers to know when their cattle will be ready to sell.
It's a decade since US beekeepers first noticed that their bees were mysteriously dying. Now we know much more about colony collapse disorder, raising hopes that we can turn bees' fortunes around.
It's hoped a donation from Hunter Valley winemakers Brian and Fay McGuigan for a 10-year fellowship at the Hunter Medical Research Institute will improve treatment for those diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Australian breast cancer patients are among the first in the world to benefit from a trial that replaces up to five weeks of radiation therapy with a single nine-minute dose of treatment.
The lack of a carbon price is paralysing investment in Australia's energy sector and putting domestic power bills on track to surge by up to 40 per cent, experts warn.
Some people have a hypersensitivity to certain smells, while others cannot smell a bad odour from a mile way — it's all due to genetics and the strength of our smell receptors.
Australian researchers say they are now capable of predicting which smokers and ex-smokers are most likely to get lung cancer, up to six years before a diagnosis, by using a newly-developed mathematical algorithm.
Hundreds of new defence technology jobs will be created at SAAB's Adelaide office, as it undergoes a $40 million office expansion to meet demand, the company says.
Meet some of Bremer Bay's 81 killer whales with nicknames such as Cookie, El Notcho and Lucky, catalogued for the first time off Western Australia's coast.
Sydney runner Dr Tom Denniss's company Wave Swell has created a prototype to harness the power of waves — and it will start providing electricity to Tasmanians.
Australian health authorities are recalling a heart device that dissolves in the body after research showed it was linked to elevated rates of heart attacks and blood clots compared to other similar devices.
A previously unseen photograph of a Tasmanian tiger mother with three pups has social media excited, while an amateur researcher bids for a clearer picture of thylacine hair.
One of Australia's most prolific botanical artists, Celia Rosser OAM, is best known for her botanical series of watercolour paintings archiving every banksia species in Australia.
An astrophotographer captures a rare photographic trifecta including space lightning, streaking meteors, and the southern lights over the far south coast of New South Wales.