Decoding the mystery of the Sun's violent plasma eruptions
Spiky bursts of plasma called spicules swirl around the surface of the sun. Millions erupt every moment, spurting solar material some 6,000 miles high at speeds of about 60 miles per second.
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Ever wonder why eggs are shaped like eggs?
Why bird eggs have so many different shapes has interested scientists, mathematicians and even famous philosophers for centuries - but a new report claims to have made a breakthrough.
Flat battery woes for an Australian space project
Australia has made its first successful foray into space in 15 years with the launch of the INSPIRE-2.
Stephen Hawking calls for a return to the moon as Earth's clock runs out
Humans are overdue for a return trip to the moon, Stephen Hawking has just opined.
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.
Physicists fear ominous silence from Large Hadron Collider
The world's biggest and most expensive time machine is running again, but a cloud is hanging over the physics community.
When will my child outsmart a chimp?
Australian scientists discover it takes a few years for children to out-think our hairier cousins.
Acupuncture as useful as painkillers in emergency departments: Study
Getting jabbed with tiny needles can be as effective as taking painkillers when it comes to treating back pain or a sprained ankle.
Killing a plate of glowing red bacteria could be next step in finding new cure for tuberculosis
A plate of glowing red bacteria holds the key to taking the first step in finding a new cure for the biggest infectious killer in the world.
Melbourne in for a hairy ride when Bug Lab's creepy crawlies take over
The Bug Lab exhibition, which opens in Melbourne on June 23, shows off the skills that insects and spiders use every day, from mind control to swarm intelligence and precision flight. Even the "bugnostic" will be swayed.
Deep sea trawl finds never seen fish, shortarse feelerfish
Scientists have plucked some unknown species from depths of the abyss off Australia's east coast.
The paint that makes clean fuel out of sunshine and thin air
Making clean fuel out of sunshine and thin air?
China's great leap forward towards a global quantum internet
China has "set the standard" for the world to aspire to.
Attention, Tinder users: this cognitive scientist has a formula for when to stop swiping
Attention, denizens of Tinder: cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths has a name for your dating life.
How cracking the sex-change code in reptiles could help them survive
Scientists say they've cracked the code on why reptiles change sex under the stress of extreme temperatures.
Giant flying turkeys once roamed Australia, Flinders University research confirms
A giant, kangaroo-sized flying turkey roamed Australia more than two million years ago.
Astronomers weigh shrunken star thanks to Einstein's theory
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.