Science

Decades after the bush stone-curlew went extinct on Phillip Island, scientists reintroduce the species and hope the eradication of foxes will enable the flock to grow in the wild again.

The woman's body now lies suspended in liquid nitrogen at a facility in regional New South Wales, in the hope that science will one day revive her.

Sally Shrapnel had been a GP for more than two decades when she decided to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a full-time physicist.

Questacon's ZAP! CLANK! POW! uses a comic book theme to link 17 interactive displays on electricity, machines and motion, including some old favourites from the past 37 years. 

A new peer-reviewed study has found that, unlike modern kangaroos, the extinct marsupial megafauna Protemnodon were less mobile, which they believe, along with a change in climate, led to their extinction.

It's known for its mighty five-metre beasts, but this Darwin crocodile park also brings hundreds of baby hatchlings into the world each wet season.

It was the first trial of new technology developed in Australia by astronomers and engineers at the national science agency, CSIRO.

Some people in the food science world believe tastebuds can be retrained to enjoy divisive foods such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and coriander.

As part of a multi-year research project near the Denman Glacier, scientists in Antarctica are using underwater drones to film sea life beneath the ice. 

Funding has been granted to continue an innovative project that is growing baby kelp in a lab and transplanting it into areas that have been decimated by sea urchins.

Do you know how many toilet rolls we each use a year? Or why some paper has patterns on it? Test your knowledge and find out in our quiz.

Scientists from UNSW Sydney are creating technology that can go so far as to predict which beaches and on what days bluebottles will wash ashore. 

A group of international researchers discover a binary star orbiting near a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

Australian and international scientists have used satellite imagery to chronicle the collapse of a New York City-sized ice shelf in Antarctica, shedding light on key processes linked to future sea level rise.

Girls have fallen behind boys in both maths and science subjects, making Australia's education gender gap the worst in the world, the latest results from a long-running international test show.

Scientists say they have discovered the world's largest coral — measuring longer than a blue whale — on an expedition in Solomon Islands.

James Cook Univeristy says its Daintree Rainforest research station is "severely under-utilised", even though the canopy crane is one of only six in the tropics worldwide.

A new episode of ABC Podcast ‘All In The Mind’ explores the paranormal and investigates whether science might have an answer for things like ghost-sightings and psychic mediums.

The Bryde’s whale might not be as recognisable as a humpback or killer whale but that might be about to change.

Going to Space Camp is something many kids can only dream about, but for these First Nations high-schoolers it’s become a reality. They’ll jet off to the States later this month to participate in science and technology workshops at the US Space and Rocket Centre.