Giant flying turkeys once roamed Australia, Flinders University research confirms
A giant, kangaroo-sized flying turkey roamed Australia more than two million years ago.
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Bending light and dead stars
How much does a dead star weigh? That's a question now with at least one solid answer – thanks to an experiment first suggested by Albert Einstein a century ago.
The human bones that prove 'there was no Garden of Eden'
The story of humanity has been extended at least 100 millennia with this latest finding.
Tyrannosaurus rex had scaly skin, no feathers: new study
In the past few decades, artists erroneously drew ferocious and fluffy concept versions of T. rex.
Sydney Harbour's carbon emissions measured for first time
Carbon dioxide emissions from Sydney Harbour have been measured for the first time.
Exhibition unites science, literature, history ... and blood
Central to the exhibition is solving a crime, a murder no less.
'They speak to us across centuries'
Hundreds of "superbly scientific" artworks have been acquired by the State Library of Victoria, completing one of the most significant collections of early Australian botany.
How wave from colliding black holes swept past Earth
Latest discovery shows gravitational-wave astronomy has arrived as a new window on the universe.
Researchers gather in Canberra to rid skies of 'space junk'
Space junk is putting A$900 billion worth of satellites and space infrastructure at risk.
How scientists inadvertently help poachers find rare species
Revealing rare species' habitat through scientific papers is making it easier for poachers to target them.
How you could use your body to charge your smartphone
CSIRO scientists are looking at using the way we walk as authentication on our devices and to improve battery life.
'Everything is weird': NASA's Juno mission reveals a much more complex Jupiter than we imagined
NASA's Juno mission reveals the planet is much more complex than we imagined.
Looking back, heading down
The end of the epic Cassini mission is nigh.
'Enormous success': Scientists tie 52 genes to human intelligence
After this 'enormous success', scientists are closer to discovering what in the brain accounts for intelligence.
Bringing back the dingo can help the hunter feral fox become the hunted
Reintroducing dingoes to areas from where humans have removed them could help control the feral red fox that hunts native animals such as the bilby and wallaby.
Mystery of galactic proportions solved by ANU
A team led by ANU has discovered the mysterious source of antimatter in the Milky Way.
'30 months of solar energy released in a millisecond'
Australian astronomers have discovered an object six to eight billion light years away that - in about a millisecond - ejected the same amount of energy that our sun releases in 2½ years.
Australian Academy of Science inducts 21 new fellows
What do the 21 new Australian Academy of Science fellows have in common?
Applying genetic sequencing to bush regeneration
The Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney is embarking on a four-year program that it says will revolutionise land restoration.
Street smart Tasmanian devils the key to boosting wild population
Street smarts are the key to boosting the wild population of Tasmanian devils, scientists say.