The 400-year-old maths problem your greengrocer worked out ages ago
How to stack oranges: it's something that every greengrocer knows but it has eluded some of the greatest minds in mathematics.
Marcus Strom is Science Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.
How to stack oranges: it's something that every greengrocer knows but it has eluded some of the greatest minds in mathematics.
China has "set the standard" for the world to aspire to.
Scientists say they've cracked the code on why reptiles change sex under the stress of extreme temperatures.
A giant, kangaroo-sized flying turkey roamed Australia more than two million years ago.
The story of humanity has been extended at least 100 millennia with this latest finding.
Carbon dioxide emissions from Sydney Harbour have been measured for the first time.
Central to the exhibition is solving a crime, a murder no less.
Latest discovery shows gravitational-wave astronomy has arrived as a new window on the universe.
NASA's Juno mission reveals the planet is much more complex than we imagined.
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.
Search pagination
Save articles for later.
Subscribe for unlimited access to news. Login to save articles.
Return to the homepage by clicking on the site logo.