From remote to inner city, watch the Milky Way fade from sight due to light pollution
Most people in the world live under light-polluted skies. Our interactives show you how even simple changes can bring the stars back into view.
'Spectacular' aurora display wows Australia again
The aurora australis has returned, lighting up the skies over southern states. If you missed out on seeing it last night you may get another chance.
Elon Musk's use of data from X to train AI may breach Australian privacy law, regulator says
Australia's privacy watchdog says there's "cause for concern" over X's harvesting of the user data of its Australian users to train a new generation of AI chatbots.
From no bats to 50,000. Why flying foxes are moving west across Australia
Flying foxes are being driven further west in search of food and shelter. Camps have been found west of Adelaide for the first time.
Epic geological history behind the stunning NSW beach that sings
Singing Stones Beach is a natural amphitheatre that echoes the clinking of rocks with each wave. But the rocks aren't from that beach, they were formed in the Snowy Mountains before undertaking an epic ice journey.
The temperature over Antarctica rose by 50C in a week — here's how it could impact Australia
The temperature above the east Antarctic coastline warmed by about 50 degrees Celsius in a week earlier in July. The event, called a Sudden Stratospheric Warming has the potential to impact Australia's weather through August and possibly well into spring.
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Biosecurity fears on the rise as end of winter looms
From bird flu to the Japanese encephalitis virus, the threat from Australia's north is increasing and authorities need you on the front line.
How do you kill this native pest? By importing its natural enemy
The CSIRO introduces a biocontrol fungus in the hope it reduces the spread of African boxthorn weed, but it is not available outside NSW due to lack of funding.
Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary 'stabilised' two years after mysterious deaths rocked population
Two years after several much-loved dolphins, some of which were known for performing tricks, died from a mysterious condition in the Port Adelaide River, there have been no further deaths and calves appear healthy.
Sex technology 'pleasure products' provide accessibility for people with disabilities
Talking about sex isn't the taboo it once was, and people with disabilities say pleasure — and technology that can help them achieve it — is an access issue.
Lost in the bush? These men and women might be the ones coming to find you
The Tasmanian Mounted Search and Rescue team has been operating for 50 years. Its tactics and technology have evolved, but it still relies on maps and compasses when modern methods fail.
We've cleaned our drinking water for decades. Why don't we do the same with the air we breathe?
The Pathway to Clean Indoor Air in Victoria could speed up the end of the current pandemic and help us prepare for the next one. But improving indoor air quality won't just bring health benefits — it could also boost businesses' bottom lines.
Aurora australis lights up the sky as BOM forecasts significant geomagnetic activity
The stunning weather event that delighted stargazers around the world returns to Australian skies, with the geomagnetic storm expected to be at its strongest on Tuesday evening but lasting for several days.
'Never seen anything like this': Black cockatoo with rare condition taken into care after rejection by flock
Tweety the yellow-tailed black cockatoo is mostly yellow due to a rare condition. While that has resulted in it being shunned by its kin in the wild, collectors see Tweety as a prize — and that is a problem.
Callum stopped gambling a year ago. Sportsbet is still trying to lure him back
Gambling inducements are banned in many countries and a parliamentary committee has recommended Australia follow suit, but more than a year later nothing has happened.
The eyes in the sky that drive away pest birds and predators
Soaring above her worksites, the mere presence of Sabrina the wedge-tailed eagle is enough to move on the hundreds of seagulls, long-billed corellas, cockatoos and other gathering flocks to their natural habitats.
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