Content moderation is a mostly secretive and hidden industry, with work often outsourced to developing countries. Here, workers are routinely exposed to horrific content, offered little psychological support and forced to keep quiet — but a new documentary exposes it.
Killer whales are accumulating such high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in their bodies that whole populations could face collapse, according to a new study.
When it comes to controlling the pests, cats actually leave a lot to be desired, according to researchers who microchipped Brooklyn rats to see what happened when a bunch of feral cats moved into the area.
Did dinosaurs end up walking on all fours because they got too heavy to walk on two legs? Or did walking all fours let them grow big? This record-breaking Jurassic giant could shed light on the answers.
The way we board planes — rear rows first — is mathematically almost the worst method. Here are a few ways we could get off the tarmac and into the air quicker.
Australia was one of the first nations to launch a satellite into space. Now the head of the newly formed Australian Space Agency explains how Australia can return to the forefront of the space race.
While the wandering albatross mother is out to sea, hunting for food, her chick has to do something to pass the time. A new time-lapse video shows what they get up to while mum is away.
Icon of Australian science Sir John Eccles' attempt to mix religion and science made him an outsider in the scientific community but won him fans in the Catholic Church.
Genetic information was once reserved for the lab and police work, but thanks to the internet and a new breed of start-up, those official barriers are wearing away.
Hundreds of Australian teenagers are racking up expenses online without their parents' permission, in some cases leaving families on the hook for bills worth thousands of dollars, a new survey finds.
Australians are one step closer to seeing locally grown black sesame seed products on supermarket shelves, with the first commercial crop harvested in Queensland.
Tim Watson-Munro has stared into the eyes of terrorists, mass murderers and paedophiles. His job is to determine if a prisoner is legally insane — and he's paid a heavy personal price for his work.
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk uses social media to taunt investors who have bet against his company, even though his previous Twitter comments have spurred a government investigation and shareholder lawsuits.
Western Australia's Mid West is awash with pink, yellow and white everlastings, with widespread winter rain providing ideal conditions for the wildflower season.
We know that between Earth and other objects in space, there are unimaginably huge voids of space, but what is that space made of? Is it truly "empty"?
Whether it is a stash of diamonds or a sum of cash, the law says you have to hand valuable finds to the police. But why are we more likely to be honest about a major discovery?
"Hold, hold hold," a controller announces less than two minutes before the $2 billion probe, intended to venture closer to our star than any other spacecraft, is due to launch.
The Cancer Council is urging global chemical giant Monsanto to come clean on any potential links to cancer with one of its popular weed killers following a major lawsuit in the US.
At a time when nursing enrolments are at an all-time low, advanced technology is providing flexibility to study online, attracting a wider range of people.
The 'why bother?' approach of an early species of human in Saudi Arabia meant they did not know what to do when their environment changed, ANU research finds.
A rare Alaskan shorebird, rarely spotted in the southern hemisphere, was seen in Australia for the first time last summer, and there is hope it will return in coming months.
A new spacecraft due to launch this weekend should unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the extraordinarily ordinary star that is the source of life as we know it.
Fly across a tiny piece of breast tissue and get up close and personal with a malaria mosquito in a new exhibition that highlights the work of medical researchers.