Air key to lava hitting 650km/h
One survivor described the flow from a volcanic eruption as like a terrible wind that trembled the earth, burning all in its path.
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Mummy discovery on live TV
A sarcophagus containing an Egyptian high priest was opened during a Discovery special.
Prescient approach to cancer
Prescient Therapeutics says it is set to be the first Australian company to conduct a new “basket” approach to clinical trials.
Top genetic scientist dies at 92
Nobel Prize winner Sydneet Brenner, who helped decipher the genetic code, has died at the age of 92.
‘I hear you, I just don’t care’
In news that will surprise no cat owner, your feline friend knows its name, it just doesn’t respect you.
Secret sunny side of eggs
A new study says eating three eggs a week is dangerous. Yet other experts argue the opposite.
Anti-vac talk sways parents
Parents may be susceptible to the anti-vaccination rhetoric of politicians, says the author of a new report.
Teslas unstuck by stickers
Experts have shown that they can lure the Tesla S into oncoming traffic by tricking the car.
Dolphins feel sea heat
One heatwave led to a catastrophic 12 per cent fall in the survival rates and numbers of calves among dolphins in WA.
BOM gets $70m
The Morrison government has committed more than $70m to the Bureau of Meteorology to buy radars and rain gauges.
AI, robots will hasten inequality
The rise of artificial intelligence and workforce automation will accelerate social inequality, an expert has warned.
Lagging world on health data
Microsoft chief medical officer Simon Kos says Australia is at a tipping point.
Defying age all about balance
Negotiating the perils of ageing could be as easy as standing on one leg. These exercises could keep you a step ahead.
Fossils record asteroid hit
The fossilised remains of a mass of creatures that died minutes after a huge asteroid hit 66 million years ago have been found.
Calling the shots
How do doctors deal with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children?
Gen V could save us all
An ambitious project from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute aims to recruit 160,000 newborns for a long-term study.
UN’s latest global climate alarm
The World Meteorological Organisation says climate events hit 62 million people in 2018.
Breaking the lung cancer stigma
When Rebecca Davies was diagnosed with lung cancer at 33, the first anyone asked was whether she smoked.
World’s longest salt cave
Israeli cavers say a salt cave with striking stalactites near the Dead Sea is the world’s longest, beating the record-holder in Iran.
Psychosis pollution link
Air pollution may explain why city teens are twice as likely to suffer psychosis as those in rural areas.
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