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(FILES) This file photo provided by NASA on February 19, 2008 shows the International Space Station as seen from the US space shuttle Atlantis on February 18, 2008. - Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station

Inside the world’s most isolated graveyard

Over 4,000km from New Zealand – at the most isolated point in the world – lies a very unique underwater graveyard used by some of the world’s biggest superpowers.

The new discovery might change everything we know about the Bronze Age. Picture: Supplied

Insane 5000 year old find stuns historians

Archaeologists in the Middle East have unearthed a stunning 5,500 year old piece of evidence that changes what we know about the Bronze Age.

Painting of a now-extinct slender-billed curlew.

Unwanted first as species wiped off earth

A mysterious migratory bird is the first of its kind to be declared extinct. Here’s what that means for its friends in the bird world.

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Australian delivery drivers could soon start using smart glasses which map out directions and package movements using AI-powered vision, as tech giant Amazon unveils an ambitious future vision of its home delivery network.

Crazy way Amazon plans to change deliveries

Amazon has unveiled the future of home delivery – and there are signs the tech could make its way to Australia in the future.

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The full harvest super moon rises above trees near Moscow Mountain, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Supermoon to grace Australian skies

A supermoon will be visible in Australian skies on Tuesday as the moon comes near its closest point to Earth.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 14, 2025: Freshwater Beach on Tuesday afternoon. Nine beaches are closed across the Northern Beaches after white/grey, ball-shaped debris was found washed up along the shore. Council was alerted to the debris via the EPA and is working closely with the state agency to collect samples for testing. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Swimmers warned after shark sightings

Beachgoers have been urged to exercise caution after twin shark sightings prompted authorities to close beaches and patrol.

De-extinct dire wolves celebrate major milestone

De-extinct dire wolves celebrate major milestone

World’s first de-extinct dire wolves celebrate huge milestone after 12,500 years lost

Skull find rewrites human evolution timeline

Million-year-old skull totally rewrites history

A million-year-old skull holds explosive secrets about human evolution, challenging everything we thought we knew about ourselves.

021025_Dramatic moment baby whale is rescued from gold coast shark net

Dramatic moment baby whale is rescued from gold coast shark net

A rescue team from the Sea World Foundation freed a humpback whale calf entangled in a shark net just off the Gold Coast

FILE - Primatologist Jane Goodall kisses Pola, a 14-months-old chimpanzee baby from the Budapest Zoo, that she symbolically adopted in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, File)

Legendary chimp expert dies aged 91

Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, who revolutionised the study of chimpanzees and was still working to this day, died aged 91 in the US.

Holidaymaker's shock as dog has close call with crocodile

Holidaymaker’s shock as dog has close call with crocodile

A woman on a trip to Belize said she was almost given a “heart attack” when she spotted a dog swimming near her, oblivious to a looming crocodile….

An Aussie parent has been left in shock after making a horrifying discovery behind their child’s dollhouse

Horror find behind Aussie child’s dollhouse

The parents were left in shock after making a horrifying discovery among their child’s toys.

Residents have been put on alert over dead puffer fish.

Grim truth behind gross beach find

Residents in remote coastal communities have been put on alert after a series of gross discoveries on local beaches.

Tradies have filmed a school of bull sharks lurking in the shallows of the Swan River near where Perth schoolgirl Stella Berry, 16, was fatally attacked in February 2023.

Tradies film sharks lurking in Aussie river

Bullsharks have been filmed circling in the Swan River, closeby to the area where a Perth schoolgirl was fatally attacked two years ago.

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