Fears radioactive material missing from Basra oil depot could be used as dirty bomb by Islamic State.
Staff Reporter
Feb 18, 2016
The drone footage is captivating people everywhere.
James Tennent
Feb 18, 2016
Archaeologists have discovered remains of what was possibly a Roman pub in ancient Mediterranean France.
Sanskrity Sinha
Feb 18, 2016
A moonlit image of refugees crossing the border from Serbia into Hungary has been selected as the World Press photo of the year.
David Sim
Feb 18, 2016
Two-metre high tumbleweed or hairy panic takes over homes, shops and cars in Wangaratta.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 18, 2016
Amateur sleuths can scan the Earth from their computers or phone apps in scientific hunt for ruins.
Mary Papenfuss
Feb 18, 2016
The finds are suggestive of a well-advanced settlement in Jerusalem in prehistoric times.
Sanskrity Sinha
Feb 18, 2016
Cambridge Professor says atheism dates back beyond Ancient Greece and Rome.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 17, 2016
Neanderthals and early modern humans met and interbred 100,000 years ago in Levant.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 17, 2016
The white gyrfalcon was photographed by an observation tower.
Adam Justice
Feb 17, 2016
Locals are worried that the new mine will ruin the Cerattepe
Alex Wheeler
Feb 17, 2016
The sun warms iron-rich meteorites, burying them away as they melt the icy surface... and away from scientists.
Matt Atherton
Feb 16, 2016
Tardigrades frozen in moss for three decades have been revived and were able to reproduce.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 16, 2016
Chinese authorities to pay residents 12,000 yuan to move from the site of world's largest radio telescope
Hannah Osborne
Feb 16, 2016
24 megatonnes of phosphorus needs to be added to grasslands every year.
Matt Atherton
Feb 16, 2016
Artefacts found on Easter Island were not spears of war, but tools used by the early civilisation.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 16, 2016
Locals were 'unnerved' before experts confirmed that the species was an old pike eel.
Matt Atherton
Feb 16, 2016
If you stray too close to a black hole, then you will stretch out, just like spaghetti.
Kevin Pimbblet
Feb 16, 2016
The pithos weighs 300kg and is 1.5m long. It is believed to date back to the fourth century Byzantine Empire.
Sanskrity Sinha
Feb 16, 2016
Fearsome predator Thylacoleo carnifex lived in Australia over 40,000 years ago.
Karthick Arvinth
Feb 16, 2016
After hottest year ever, scorching first month of 2016 racks up scary biggest anomaly from norm
Mary Papenfuss
Feb 16, 2016
Handlers worried Pacific octopus Kong would eat his mate for the big finale
Mary Papenfuss
Feb 16, 2016
The species discovered in the Dominican Republic is the first Neotropical species to be found in amber.
Matt Atherton
Feb 15, 2016
The species was found in the harsh conditions of Yellowstone hot springs and lives several miles underground.
Matt Atherton
Feb 15, 2016
Zoltan Istvan is the founder of the Transhumanist Party and its 2016 Presidential candidate.
Ian Allison
Feb 15, 2016
Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence to hold conference on communicating with aliens in May.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 15, 2016
Underground dark matter experiment means there is a good chance we 'see something' by 2019.
Hannah Osborne
Feb 15, 2016
Study used high-tech analysis on Egyptian paintings to identify the exact colours used by the artists.
Matt Atherton
Feb 15, 2016
Lovelorn pachyderm gets too up close and personal with the vehicles.
Mary Papenfuss
Feb 15, 2016
Researchers could attain better accuracy of position by reformulating a series of equations.
A Prasad
Feb 15, 2016