Science & Technology

VIDEOScience and Technology

‘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

Science and Technology

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

VIDEOScience and Technology

PM outlines U16 social media ban

Australia is poised to be the first country in the world to impose a minimum social media age of 16 as the PM asks states and territories to back the change to protect kids from online harms

Space

Student experiment goes to space

Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future

VIDEOAsk Healthy Harold

Harold helps kids stay safe online

Healthy Harold and his mates thought they were safe online while building a fun new game together – but things soon went wrong so they got help and came up with a simple code for other kids

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Environment

Aussies shaken by three quakes

One Australian state has been hit by three separate earthquakes occurring hundreds of kilometres apart within a nine hour period. Were you in one of the towns that felt the tremors?

Explainers

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?

VIDEOExplainers

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?

POLLScience and Technology

‘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?

VIDEONews

Teen pilot and puppy take off

While most 15-year-olds are in school, Australia’s youngest female pilot and her puppy are set to make history attempting to become the youngest team to fly around our country’s vast coastline

VIDEOAnimals

Can you help find our bogongs?

Critically endangered mountain pygmy-possums are waking up from hibernation, but with less bogong moths around, they might not have enough food to eat. Find out how you can help

Health

How gross is your water bottle?

Many schools are already plastic free and reusable drink bottles are much better for the planet, but health experts say there’s a nasty surprise inside if we don’t keep our cool keepers clean

Animals

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

VIDEOMoney

Far out, Ferrari! Jaw-drop paint job

In what might be the world’s most expensive case of auto FOMO, one car-lover has spent a staggering sum on a Ferrari with a one-of-a-kind paint job – would you drop this kind of coin on a car?

Society and Culture

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

UpdatedEnvironment

Millions wet and miserable in rain

Rain, rain, go away … or not? Aussies are braced for more downpours as yet another huge rain system looms over the east coast, with the big wet hitting one state – is your region affected?

Space

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

VIDEOSpelling Bee

Pat Cummins bowled over by Bee

More than 74,500 students have registered for the fifth annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee as cricket legend and father of two Pat Cummins shares why childhood literacy hits so close to home

Explainers

From Colliwobbles to Crows woes

Saturday’s battle of the birds dealt a further blow to the ‘Pies and their supporters as Mark Knight’s cartoon foreshadowed, as the Adelaide Crows broke the back of their own Collingwood hoodoo

Science and Technology

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