Science

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.

Astronaut James Lovell, commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to Earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died aged 97.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Oslo wants to parlay the skills of the petroleum industry and its favourable geology into a kind of garbage disposal service for emissions from heavy industry.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: NASA has put out a call for commercial interests to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon. It is, however, not clear what it will power.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes there is something unseen in the story, and the mistake isn’t to theorise about it; it’s to lock on too quickly to a single theory.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Everybody eats potatoes, it seems, but nobody can say where they came from.

Scientists in Britain have created healthy “three-person babies” through a groundbreaking method designed to stop fatal genes in their tracks.

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on earth.

They are mega-popular, having sold more than 100 million albums, but scientists have found that their new songs sound a lot like their old ones. Do you agree?

Scientists have raised ‘urgent concerns’ after the discovery of new bat pathogens in China that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses.

With 3200 megapixels and a mission to scan the sky every 40 seconds, the Vera Rubin Observatory is set to transform space discovery.

Days after Australian fertility company Monash IVF disclosed they were investigating a bungle that led to a woman being impregnated with the wrong embryo, their embattled CEO has resigned.

Australian parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars to travel overseas and access IVF and sex selection in order to balance out their families.

Almost half of Australians believe the health system is unprepared for a projected 4.5 million cancer diagnoses by 2044, with young people most concerned.

US President Donald Trump recently re-allocated funds away from certain NASA projects and toward Elon Musk’s mission to Mars research, after the billionaire made a dire doomsday prediction.