SCIENCE

A humpback found itself in a crocodile-infested river and Australian authorities are working on leading it back to open water. 

Giant carnivorous dinosaurs once roamed Queensland 160 million years ago -- the biggest of its kind found in Australia. 

An Australian astrophysicist was brought to the hospital for a COVID-19 related incident after getting four magnets stuck up his nose.

As the world faces a growing number of COVID-19 cases, several countries have turned to experimental treatments in the hopes of ending this global nightmare.

Our beaches are our summer playgrounds, yet beach litter and marine debris injures one-fifth of beach users, particularly children and older people.

Last week, President Tommy Remengesau Jr signed the legislation to ban “reef-toxic” sunscreen from 2020.

When major disasters hit, the first priority is to keep people safe. This process can involve dramatic evacuations, rescues and searches.

One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she’s only the third female physicist to receive the award.

On Saturday night, Australians who switch over to daylight saving time will get an hour less of sleep as they move their clocks forward.

As a practicing physician and professor of medicine, people ask me about the benefits of drinking apple cider vinegar all the time. I enjoy those moments, because we can talk about the (extensive) history of vinegar, and then distill the conversations to how it could, maybe, benefit them.

In a paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering, we describe a new approach, which we developed and tested, that blocks cocaine-seeking in mice and actually protects them from high doses that would otherwise be deadly.

The financial fortunes of many of us are tied in some way to the markets either directly through our investments or indirectly through our pension funds. Therefore, when markets collapse, the effects can reverberate through the whole of society.

Children differ widely in how well they do at school. In recent years, researchers have shown that around two-thirds of differences in school achievement can be explained by differences in children’s genes.

Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities.

What would it take for Walmart to be that company, at our best, all the time?

Nose bleeds, or epistaxes, are often a mystery to the 60% of us who have had at least one in our lifetime. Suddenly, and without obvious cause, bright red blood starts streaming from one nostril.

In a latest experiment, we have reversed the ageing of human cells, which could provide the basis for future anti-degeneration drugs.

Barely a week after declaring the end of the ninth Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials announced another in the North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, in the eastern part of the country.

A new trial to assess the benefits and safety of stem cell transplantation for treatment-resistant Crohn’s disease has started. The researchers will use stem cells to “reboot” the immune system so that it is more responsive to existing drugs used to treat the disease.

Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off.

Lunar eclipses have fascinated cultures across the globe, and inspired several striking myths and legends, many of which portray the event as an omen.

What is it about roller coasters that some love so much, and is it an experience we tend to like less as we get older?

The 2016 marine heatwave that killed vast amounts of coral on the Great Barrier Reef also caused significant changes to fishes and other animals that live on these reefs.

A large portion of Australia will be treated to the longest total lunar eclipse in recent history.

Many people take a daily omega 3 supplement in the belief that it is good for their heart. But latest research, a systematic review of 79 clinical trials, found no evidence for this belief.

The Gulf Stream, which curves along the southern shore of Newfoundland, is saturated with plastics. Fish that feed from the surface waters, where plastics tend to accumulate, are in an ideal position to ingest plastics.

The next fortnight will be a real treat for stargazers - there are five planets to see in the evening sky, Mars is looking the best we’ve seen in 15 years, and on the morning of July 28 there will be a total lunar eclipse.

The soaring temperatures in Europe and North America have seen a rise in reports of dogs being rescued from hot cars. Police across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Canada have all saved dogs from certain death.

It seems that psychedelics do more than simply alter perception. According to the latest research, they change the structures of neurons themselves.