Bundibugyo ebola has no approved vaccines or antivirals. WHO's emergency call reflects complexity, not global pandemic risk.

Hantavirus is truly horrible but rare. WA’s quarantine move is not panic; it is a careful response to a low-risk, high-stakes virus.

A US Marine's Osprey crashed near Darwin. Doctors combined hyperbaric oxygen with ECMO in a world-first treatment to beat deadly fungi.

A year ago this week, three Dutch researchers calmly told us the universe will die gigantically sooner than we thought. We're still here. Just.

A Harvard illusion with 9 purple dots exposes how your fovea, yellow eye-filters and brain context warp colour perception in real time.

Naturalist, TV star, global icon. David Attenborough turns 100 on Friday.

Sam Neill is cancer-free after a CAR T-cell trial. Here's the beginner's guide to the "living drug" that pulled him back from the brink.

Sony’s table tennis robot Ace took sets off elite humans at one of the fastest sports on Earth. BTW it sees the ball eleven times faster than you do.

Undefeated and seemingly undefeatable, a 20 year old Uzbeh arrives and advances to chess's biggest stage.

This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?

This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?

This week we meet the most famous question in the history of graph theory. But did someone say Matt Damon?

Four astronauts just launched toward the Moon on Artemis II. The most important space mission in 50 years. And Australia's got their back.

A Swedish study of 15,000 adults finds antibiotics may reshape the gut microbiome for up to eight years. Miracle drugs, but with a microbial hangover.

From garage rebels to global powerhouse, Apple has shaped how we compute, create, and connect, blending brilliance, control, and tools (some) people genuinely love.

Two brilliant supergeeks had their genius immortalised last week with the awarding of the 2025 Turing Award

Aussie superfish Cam McEvoy just set a world record. But he did it with maths as much as muscle!

Aussie dog dad and awesome geek turns to AI, genomics and mRNA vaccines to fight his rescue dog’s “months to live” cancer.

Melbourne scientists connected human neurons to a computer chip and taught them video games. The result could reshape AI, energy use and consciousness.

150 years on, Alexander Graham Bell's genius still powers our mobile world.