New stem cell research has far-reaching potential for understanding early embryonic development and the future of human organ transplants

New stem cell research has wide-reaching implications One of the most common times for a pregnancy…

It isn’t always the best idea to design robots that look like us – just ask R2-D2

Humanoids have long been regarded as the ‘holy grail’ but there’s room for a lot more…

National Science Week Australia

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August,…

Scientists use solar power to create jet fuel from water and carbon dioxide

Scientists in Europe say they have developed a working model of a solar-powered tower that can turn…

These robots could search for life in our solar system’s ocean worlds

Ocean worlds in our solar system are attractive places in the search for life beyond Earth. …

Starlink satellite sightings are becoming more common. Here’s when you can spot them

Have you seen bright lights in a straight line travelling across the sky lately and wondered…

AI can bring you the voice of dead loved ones. But is this a good thing?

What would you do to hear the voice of your loved one again? Since we’re living…

How the history of weather forecasting went from reading clouds to supercomputers

Humans have tried to predict the weather since ancient times. Over tens of thousands of years,…

Heart attack treatment using K’gari funnel-web spider venom one step closer to human trial

A drug being developed using venom from the world’s deadliest spider to prevent damage caused by…

NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre

NASA has successfully launched its first rocket from Australian soil in more than a quarter of…