As 2025 winds to a close, let's look back on another big year in science news, both globally and here in Australia.

Australia may seem like a stable landmass, but it's steadily drifting northward at a surprising pace — about 2.8 inches (7 cm) per year, roughly the speed at which human fingernails grow. Scientists ...

The innovation prize recipient, cyber security pioneer Dr Vikram Sharma, said Australia was not educating enough workers for hi-tech jobs. He urged education systems to develop students’ critical ...

Scientists found thousands of preserved plants, spiders and insects dating to the Miocene Epoch. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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It might surprise you that Australia doesn't already have a space agency. The country has been involved in the space field for decades — in 1967, it was among the first countries to launch a satellite ...

Science is being poorly served by politics. That's hardly a revelatory thought, but it seemed to be the undercurrent in remarks made by a number of Australia's top science leaders at The Australian ...

Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, and Sean McMullen. Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction. Greenwood (800-225-5800), 1999. xiv + 247 pp. $65 cloth. Paul Collins, Steven Paulsen, ...

Suzanne Cory is President of the Australian Academy of Science. The views in this article are being expressed in this capacity. Australia faces many big challenges – in the economy, health, energy, ...

ARE the stars aligned for research and innovation in Australia? First, the recent change of prime minister makes the government seem new without a vote being cast. The “new” administration is now at ...

Australian science is “generally in good health”, but faces major challenges in the form of falling science participation and literacy in high schools, mostly stagnant enrolments at universities, and ...