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This undated handout photo received from the University of Melbourne on October 8, 2025 shows UK-born chemist Richard Robson posing at the university in Melbourne. Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar Yaghi on October 8 won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metalâorganic frameworks (MOFs) that can be used to capture carbon dioxide and harvest water from desert air, among other things. (Photo by Handout / University of Melbourne / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

‘Hermione’s handbag’ Nobel prize

‘A wonderful day for Australian science’ was decades in the making, as an international research effort with astonishing results earns this Melb Uni professor the coveted Nobel prize

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Dr Sonu Yadav with Tiwi Islands students at Xavier Catholic College. Picture: supplied

Remote study to DNA defenders

Two molecular scientists have taken hi-tech DNA laboratory techniques to some of Australia’s most remote classrooms to help create the next generation of biosecurity defenders – here’s why

Render of a Dodo bird. Dodo birds could come back from the dead in as little as 5 years. Picture: Colossal Biosciences

Bid to de-extinct dodo bird

We love the springtime and this being the season of renewal, discover how and when the extinct dodo bird may be brought back from the dead

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Mysterious stone structures 2,000ft down off Cuba have baffled scientists for two decades. Picture: YouTube/Ancient Architects

Ancient city or natural formation?

Could this mysterious grouping of stone structures off the coast of Cuba be a submerged lost city, hidden from view for thousands of years? Or could there be a much more scientific explanation?

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Gen AI can boost business productivity - Business chatting a smart AI using an artificial intelligence chatbot developed with AI robot. automatically respond online messages intelligent service to help customers.

AI buddy to help with school work

Thousands of Aussie students will soon have their very own generative AI chatbot to help them at school. Find out who will have access and what the platform will enable them to do

The ancient find has stunned historians. Picture: Supplied

New clues at Terracotta Army site

A 15-tonne casket has been discovered at the final resting place of China’s first emperor, but it doesn’t belong to the king. So whose body is inside? And why are there signs of mercury at the site?

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Can we ‘disconnect’ Gen cyber?

Banning social media will be no easy task for kids born into a world where Wi-Fi and connectivity are just as important as electricity and running water, says cartoonist Mark Knight

Eleanor and Josh Thorburn on their first day of school. Picture: Supplied

Meet the kids with dementia

Dementia Action Week Part 2 – Siblings Eleanor and Josh Thorburn were diagnosed with a rare form of childhood dementia when they were just five and four. This is their story of bravery

PM's Spelling Bee: How to help yourself by helping your child. A new Monash University study shows that spelling activities like crosswords may help more than socialising in avoiding dementia. Picture: iStock

Support loved ones with dementia

This Dementia Action Week (15-21 Sept), we’re looking at ways to support our older loved ones living with the condition as well as what can be done to avoid it – but what exactly is dementia?

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TOPSHOT - This screengrab from handout surveillance camera footage taken and released by New South Wales Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) on September 10, 2025 shows a tornado over the countryside near Young in New South Wales. An Australian fire surveillance camera captured dramatic video images September 10 of a tornado towering over a thunderstorm-struck stretch of countryside. (Photo by Handout / NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Rare tornadoes strike Australia

Two tornadoes tore through country NSW as severe storms and record rain caused havoc in Sydney. But just how common are tornadoes here in Australia and what causes them to form?

Portraits of the late Blessed Carlo Acutis, an adolescent who spends his life spreading his faith online and earns the moniker ''God's Influencer,'' and the late Italian Pier Giorgio Frassati, a mountaineering enthusiast known for his social and spiritual commitment who dies in 1925, are displayed on the Saint Peter's Basilica during a Jubilee audience at the Saint Peter's Square in The Vatican on September 6, 2025. Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati are raised to sainthood by Pope Leo XIV in a solemn ceremony in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Gen Alpha gets its first teen saint

Teenager Carlos Acutis has become the first ever millennial saint following his canonisation at St Peter’s Square by Pope Leo XIV. Find out how the self-taught coder received the holy honour

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‘Monumental’ step to protect kids

Australia’s incoming social media age limit will help keep the nation’s kids from serious harms and other countries should do the same, say leading global child safety experts. Do you agree?

Mark Knight cartoon on Dan Andrews in China

Citizen Dan in curious company

Former Vic Premier Daniel Andrews’ surprise appearance with Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin inspired Mark Knight to resurrect his ‘Dictator Dan’ caricature in Communist crowd

Mark Knight cartoon on the long tentacles of Iranian terrorism

Slippery tentacles of terror snipped

Australia’s security agency ASIO prefers operating under the radar but this week’s big reveal that Iran’s reach extends to our shores put Mark Knight in mind of one many-tentacled creature

Scientists described the ichthyosaur as a reptile version of a dolphin. Dearcmhara shawcrossi. Artist: Todd Marshall/ PA

Ancient sea monster found in Qld

Australia’s most complete ichthyosaur fossil has been unearthed in outback Queensland, with the seven-metre long skeleton set to reveal new secrets about the ancient marine predators

FILE PHOTO: UN launches initiative: 2025 International Year of Glaciers' Preservation KANGERLUSSUAQ, GREENLAND - JULY 11: In this aerial view rivulets of meltwater snake across the surface of the melting Isunnguata Sermia glacier of the Greenland Ice Sheet on July 11, 2024 near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. A team of scientists has observed that increasing amounts of meltwater on the surface of the glacier making their way to the glacial flows underneath are leading to a rising output of methane from Isunnguata Sermia. Earlier this year other scientists published a study in which they concluded that GreenlandÃ¢â¬â¢s glaciers, which all stem from the Greenland Ice Sheet, have retreated about 20% more than previously estimated. Of the 200 glaciers included in the study, only one has grown since 1985. Overall, the amount of glacial ice melting globally has increased markedly over the past 30 years as global warming continues to intensify. According to the European Space Agency, the Earth lost 28 trillion tons of ice between 1994 and 2017, enough to cover the entire United Kingdom with an ice sheet 100 meters thick. Since 2017 the rate of ice loss has increased to 1.3 trillion tons annually, up from 0.8 trillion tons in the 1990s. According to the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE), the Greenland Ice Sheet has been losing mass continuously since 1996, with an accumulated loss since 1986 approaching 6,000 metric gigatons, or six trillion tons. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Arctic ice loss slows dramatically

New research shows the loss of Arctic sea ice over the past 20 years has significantly slowed despite global warming. So why do some experts say the data doesn’t mean things have improved?

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Putin rides away from Alaska talks

Cartoonist Mark Knight had a lot more fun than Trump with the much-hyped Alaska summit with President Putin – but days later it was the sharp suit on Ukraine’s President Zelensky for the win

Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, close up, at Guadalupe Island, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean...GroÃÅ¸er WeiÃÅ¸er Hai, Carcharodon carcharias, in Nahdistanz, Guadalupe Island, Mexiko, Ost Pazifischer Ozean.

Stay safe from sharks this season

It’s scary when there’s a shark attack on the news – but these are very rare. The best way to stay safe is arming yourself with the facts. Here are some top tips to reduce risk when ocean swimming

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Loreto students Ruby Baker,15,Phoebe Smith,17 and Ava Dennis,16, who all use their phones in a responsible way by keeping them in their pockets during school hours .Friday,July,25,2025.Picture Mark Brake

Phones out, real friendships in

Two years after phones were banned at public schools, young Australians admit handing over their device hasn’t been easy – but they also say it’s been very positive for this important reason

The new discovery could change everything. Picture: Supplied

Black hole find challenges history

Astronomers have discovered what is thought to be the largest black hole in the history of space and the ‘over-massive’ find could rewrite accepted theories of the origins of the universe

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AI Ethics. Picture: iStock

Would you use AI ‘study buddy’?

Thousands of students across the country are getting real time feedback on their work from an AI ‘study buddy’ and their teachers say it’s a positive – but not all experts are convinced

Images of the health of the Great Barrier Reef, coinciding with the release of the 2024 Reef Long-Term Monitoring Program. MUST CREDIT - Australian Institute of Marine Science,

Reef resilience tested amid decline

Nearly 30 per cent of coral cover between Proserpine and Cape York has vanished in a single year, but scientists remain buoyed by reef’s proven resilience as annual findings are released

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Legendary NASA astronaut dies

Space veteran and Apollo 13 legend Jim Lovell has passed away peacefully at the age of 97 – discover why his name will forever be written in the stars as a true hero of early space exploration

The truth about the best oils to use.

Which oil is the healthiest for you?

There may be lots of different cooking oils in your pantry, but did you know some are better for you than others? Find out which are the healthiest and which should be avoided

Monster rat found in home, locals disgusted

Rodent size goes rogue in the UK

French charm in the animated film Ratatouille helped lift the rat’s reputation but the heebies have hit hard after one giant creature was caught in the UK – but is widespread rat revulsion deserved?

The sheer intensity and energy exploding from this quake. 😳
8.7 mag earthquake in #Russia. Tsunami warnings and watches. Picture X @GEZUPA

What’s a tsunami warning system?

The world’s worst earthquake in 14 years off the coast of Russia set off tsunami alerts in multiple countries and waves hit the coast of Russia and Japan – so how does Australia stay alert and safe?

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YouTube added to U16 social ban

The Australian Government has moved to ban young people under the age of 16 from having YouTube accounts as part of new social media reforms. Read how and when the new laws will start

Science and Technology

AI influencer Mia Zelu has racked up over 167k online followers, despite not even being real

Kids beware: rise of ‘AI influencer’

AI is here and it’s a global game-changer but what are the rules and who decides them? What’s real and what’s fake is suddenly hard to spot – what do you think of this non-existent influencer?

Gold Coast tennis player and leukaemia survivor Chase Hoogsteden. Picture: Supplied

Brave Chase wins state champs

Nine-year-old Chase Hoogsteden has been crowned QLD under-10 singles and doubles tennis champion just a couple of years after defeating leukaemia. Find out how tennis powered his recovery