The billionaire inventor says an artificial intelligence arms race, and not the nuclear stand-off on the Korean Peninsula, will most likely be the cause of World War III.
It seems Kim Jong-un may be wielding a weapon much more powerful than before, with growing concerns that North Korea has joined the select group of nations in possession of a hydrogen bomb.
The social media giants need to be more proactive in enforcing the standard Australians expect in their newsfeeds because we have different expectations than Americans, a researcher says.
From banksias to grasses, sub-Antarctic cushion plants to tiny orchids, hundreds of rare and threatened plants are grown, cared for and on display at Tassie's Botanical Gardens.
Undies, jocks, drawers, there's plenty of names for underwear all over the world and a group of farmers in Tennessee have found a new use for them: testing their soil.
Think you're an expert tipper? See how your finals forecasts compare against computer modelling that uses years' worth of data to generate predictions for every AFL finals match that could occur over the next few weeks.
The National Party membership will use its federal conference this weekend to pressure politicians to finalise energy policy, and to push for more coal-fired power stations in regional areas.
Dinosaurs may be big, scary and extinct but our love for the prehistoric giants lives on. And the National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra has an impressive display entertaining both the young and young at heart.
A new virtual reality technology promises to change the way firefighters safely train and prepare for particularly dangerous situations in the line of duty.
A Queensland marine biologist says a fish organ — like one which washed up on a Sunshine Coast beach — is a delicacy in some Asian countries and is also used to clarify the appearance of beer and wine.
Two men and a small team of experts spend four months in central Victoria rebuilding the skeleton of a Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur before it heads off to its new home in Canberra.
According to some of the latest physics, time isn't exactly what we think it is. In fact, it may not even exist at all! When our best scientific theories sound crazy, can philosophers help science make better sense of time?
We need to talk about sex... differences. They can affect your health in ways that are only just being unmasked. For instance, did you know men can tolerate more pain, but women have a stronger immune system?
A single degree of warming in the shallow waters off the Antarctic Peninsula can produce massive changes in the seabed communities, the "most realistic ocean warming experiment to date" shows.
Drone pilots caught flying the devices over South Australian prisons will soon face up to two years behind bars, following a crackdown by the State Government.
When the two female founders of an internet start-up found themselves facing the industry's well-known culture of misogyny, they decided to create 'Keith Mann'.
A breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells into an army of assassins to destroy childhood leukemia is approved by US officials, opening a new era in cancer care.
Drones will be the most disruptive technology in human history, a US futurist says, predicting that by the year 2030, there will be 1 billion drones in the world doing things people cannot yet imagine.
Australian scientists have embarked on an ambitious research project to switch the sex of eastern rock lobsters in aquaculture farms to stop valuable breeding stock being stolen by commercial rivals.
Peter Molloy transformed a hospital antiseptic into Betadine in 1984, revolutionising the treatment of sore throats across the country. Now he's tackling the rare cancer treatments Big Pharma companies have rejected.