Science

Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were only supposed to visit the orbiting space lab for a week. That was six weeks ago.

The unplanned discovery has stunned NASA scientists with one likening it to ‘finding an oasis in the desert’.

The four crew members have emerged from a yearlong deployment with a difference.

Evidence is mounting about the health risks of mouthwash so what is the truth — and should you be using it?

From a daily tablet to a ‘smart bomb’ — here are the majoradvances revealed at the world’s biggest cancer conference.

Bird strikes have been blamed after a Virgin flight emitted loud bangs, followed by flames on Monday night and two weeks ago a Qantas flight was forced back to Sydney after colliding with a ‘large gull’.

It’s as sweet as sugar and meant to be a much healthier option but a worrying new study has revealed a common artificial sweetener could have a potentially deadly sting in the tail. 

Inspired by a scene from a Mission Impossible movie, scientists have made a breakthrough that will be crucial to advancing smart contact lenses.

An international team of scientists has used a device known as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the the largest 3D map of the universe.

The longest-running wild dolphin research study paints a fuller picture of the marine mammals, showing they’re more like canaries in a global ocean coal mine than the ‘humans in wet suits’ we think they are.

Rain is forecast in every state and territory as a massive weather system spanning thousands of kilometres makes it way from west to east.

Orcas have built a reputation as deep-sea villains after hundreds of boat-ramming incidents in recent years, but scientists say the ‘attacks’ are not the orca-nised crimes we may believe.

The sun has produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade, following almost a week of flares and mass ejections of coronal plasma.

A large study suggests that there might be a striking reason to limit your intake of ultra-processed foods.

Cracking open a cold lager is one of life’s great pleasures — and now scientists have discovered why chilled beer tastes so good.