Science

Scientists say they have found a ‘switch’ in our bodies that increases the desire to do more exercise.

Engineers have developed AI technology that can remove the need for invasive IVF procedures.

For now, though, keep the sun cream handy.

Cancer vaccines are the latest and best examples of a gold rush of new therapies that promise to make most cancers just another affliction that can be treated and survived.

Questacon, also known as the National Science and Technology Centre, was charged after a child was allegedly burned when touching a plasma globe after using hand sanitiser.

Authorities said there was the potential for further aftershocks.

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.