Discovery may solve mystery behind Egypt’s pyramids
Archaeologists have long wondered why the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids on what is now a narrow, inhospitable strip of desert. New satellite images appear to solve the riddle.
Archaeologists have long wondered why the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids on what is now a narrow, inhospitable strip of desert. New satellite images appear to solve the riddle.
Trailblazing Australian scientists newly elected to the prestigious Royal Society have vented their fears over shortfalls in research funding.
Artemis mission will be riskier because of the rougher terrain at the lunar south pole, according to Charlie Duke, who took part in the 1972 Apollo mission.
Magic mushrooms have undergone a serious reputation change, with research showing signs the psychedelic holds the key to anorexia treatment – but experts say we can’t rush just yet.
Popular telehealth providers are being labelled ‘nothing but online pharmacies’ intent on circumventing Australia’s strict advertising and drug regulations in the relentless pursuit of profit.
Glencore says it is “disappointed” with Steven Miles’s comments that the miner’s Great Artesian Basin carbon storage project was unlikely to get state approval.
AstraZeneca withdrawn globally after manufacturer’s admission but leading infectious diseases physician says overblown fears probably caused more deaths.
However, the scientists have yet to decipher what the cetacean were saying.
The US firm is completing 13 drug trials in Australia – a process expected to move faster after it partnered with OpenAI to unleash artificial intelligence across its operations.
Tanya Plibersek last year ‘declared war on feral cats’, but there has been little action and a much-lauded island eradication project knocked-back for funding.
Scientist speculate he could have first chewed the plant and then found the juice offered pain relief when accidentally touching it to a wound.
The red meat industry has been targeted by activists who say it contributes too much to climate change. But the sector’s carbon emissions are down 78 per cent since 2005.
Measurements from a powerful space telescope have allowed astronomers to produce a weather map for Wasp-43b, a Jupiter-like planet 280 light years away.
Australian scientists discovered a new drug potentially capable of preventing blood clots and fatal bleeding during surgery, thanks to the African tsetse fly.
We know Tyrannosaurus rex was ferocious, with powerful bone-crunching jaws. But was the king of the dinosaurs also an intellectual?
Grindr’s geolocating and language preference features have enabled health authorities to target at-risk groups with advertising for HIV self-tests.
The United Nations has asked the Albanese government to answer claims salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour is damaging the values of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Algorithms are penalising exceptional candidates and, ultimately, the companies that miss out with hires of ill-suited staff sifted by AI.
These native Australian nuts are an energy and nutrient dense food with huge commercial potential.
Experts are calling for more drug taking centres and testing sites to deal with a new synthetic opioid, stronger than fentanyl, that has already contributed to the deaths of 16 Victorians.
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