Gem of an idea brings death ray closer, wins 'science Oscars'
Australian diamond lasers may eventually be powerful enough to knock a missile out of the air.
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Liam Mannix
Liam is an Age journalist
Scientists in war lab game way to victory
In a beige concrete office block in Melbourne's inner-city, behind locked doors to which only eight people have access, a scientist sits watching two fighter jets marking a path towards their target - Sydney Harbour.
China makes quantum leap by teleporting data into space
The breakthrough gives China a significant edge in developing unbreakable codes.
WannaCry speed camera fines will stand, says government
Thought you had dodged a speeding fine? You haven't been so lucky.
When will my child outsmart a chimp?
Australian scientists discover it takes a few years for children to out-think our hairier cousins.
No NBN? No problem. NSW man built his own radio network to get access
The last straw for Daniel Saffioti came in 2014 when NBN installed a fibre pillar right in front of his house – but refused to connect him.
Speedy way to a supercharged NBN connection
Jonathan Russell has worked out an NBN hack that has given him one of the fastest home internet connections in the country.
Kittens, Fox News, Mariah Carey - I lived in Donald Trump's Twitter feed for a day. Here's what I saw
Donald J Trump, President-elect of the United States of America, follows 42 people on Twitter.
I got my gut sequenced - and found out I need to go to the dentist
The packet arrives in the mail. Two little cotton-tips in a test tube.
Don't like spiders or snakes? Clinic says VR can defeat real fears
The treatment program at Australia's first specialist, virtual-reality phobia treatment clinic includes frightening encounters with digitally-generated spiders, heights, dentists and more.
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