NASA engineers say that its Perseverance rover is in “great shape” and working as planned as it continues its exploration of Mars. Key points: NASA releases...
Peter Thurnwald’s parents were taken by surprise when he ditched his science degree to pursue an acting career. Key points: Gold Coast actor Peter Thurnwald plays...
For 26 years, Benni Vincent has captured her underwater diving expeditions on camera. Key points: The northern Pacific seastar was first detected in Tasmanian waters in...
A Victorian Aboriginal corporation is fighting to salvage its $34 million settlement with the government, after the Federal Court found significant legal errors occurred during the...
In 1911, the Australian Government launched a competition for the design of a new capital. The winner was a young man from Chicago, Walter Burley Griffin...
The family of a Western Sydney grocer believes their loved one would still be alive had lifejackets been made mandatory at a notoriously dangerous rock-fishing spot....
Australia’s cotton harvest is getting underway and early estimates suggest the crop will be four times larger than last year’s and worth about $1.5 billion. Key...
Scientists have successfully cloned an endangered black-footed ferret using frozen cells from a long-dead wild animal, the first time any native endangered species has been cloned...
What shall I write about this week, I asked the eight-year-old. “Greek myths!” he responded brightly. Like millions of others, he’s consumed by the Percy Jackson demi-god...
The mooted appointment of the NSW Police Commissioner, Mick Fuller, to the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has been touted as “a coup” in some quarters...