Science

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.

Scientists now believe they know when and where the virus first emerged. 

Experts have warned residents to stay away from the water at popular beaches after scores of dead marine life washed up on the shore.

Five years into its mission, the Solar Orbiter has delivered a spectacular ultraviolet view of the Sun’s million-degree atmosphere.

Whether it’s Espresso, Satisfaction or Baby Shark, boffins have now worked out how earworms get into your brain - and how to get them out.

A group of scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope claim to have discovered the strongest signs ever recorded of life on an alien planet. 

The all-women Blue Origin rocket launch, including passengers Gayle King and Katy Perry, briefly entered space overnight. What does that mean for the rest of us?

Katy Perry and her fellow female crew members have shown off their ‘glam’ spacesuits ahead of their journey into the stars on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin craft, saying ‘we’re going to put the “ass” in astronaut’.

Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble the extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the US.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Hoping to avoid death? So are scientists who are making progress on slowing down the ageing process.