'Sun King' says Australia can build its own solar panel industry, with a little help from China
Twenty years ago China built a solar manufacturing industry on the back of Australian innovation. Now, as Australia tries to build a solar industry of its own, it needs assistance from China.
NASA sends software update 24 billion kilometres to restore communication with Voyager 1
Humanity's most distant spacecraft — which fell silent in November — is once again sending status reports after NASA engineers working with a two-day communication delay devised a software fix for a failed computer chip.
Why plans to power this outback town with renewable energy are 'ahead of the game'
A new report has outlined four pathways to help power Alice Springs by 50 per cent renewable energy within six years, providing a roadmap to put the town years ahead of Darwin, Katherine, and the national energy market.
Susannah was the subject of research for 30 years. It cost her her 'private life'
From her early childhood well into adulthood, Susannah Breslin was studied by US researchers who became like parent figures to her. She has mixed feelings about the study's impact on her life.
Astronaut life 'absolutely as fun as you can imagine', Australian-first graduate tells kids
After 12 months walking underwater in spacesuits, undertaking simulated weightlessness flights, and learning to speak Russian, there is no certainty Katherine Bennell-Pegg will go to space. But she is first in line if Australia launches a mission.
How a 1971 treaty is protecting Australian wetlands and frustrating big developers
A proposed $1.4 billion redevelopment of internationally protected wetlands in Queensland has been scrapped for now. But it's unlikely developers will stop trying to build in similar sites.
'Enigmatic' Tasmanian mountain shrimp allows researchers to look back 200 million years
Hidden in mountain ponds just minutes out of Hobart is a "living fossil" that has barely changed since the Triassic period.
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Four states in firing line as more invasive fire ants nests found on army base
An outbreak of invasive fire ants in one of the largest catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin has experts worried four states could be affected if the pest spreads.
'I'm on their island': French tourist bitten by dingo at K'gari wants others to learn from her experience
Tea Baudu wasn’t anticipating making headlines for a snappy encounter with Australia's iconic wild dingo while sunbathing on the heritage-listed Queensland island of K’gari last year.
More than 20 whales dead, 100 others move offshore in WA's south in mass stranding event
More than 20 whales are dead after 160 became beached during a mass stranding event in WA's south-west.
Fishers are reporting more encounters with sharks. So are numbers rising or declining?
Global concern about shark sustainability is at odds with the experience of some WA anglers who are reporting more encounters with the animals. So for the first time data collected off the state's coast will confirm the numbers.
Tasmania's special autumn tree is 'peaking' with colour. Here's how to see it
Thousands will head out on an annual pilgrimage to see the fagus change colour this weekend, making it a perfect time to get to know a little more about this special plant.
Defence may have to airdrop coffee, other supplies, to Antarctic expeditioners after Nuyina's failure
A Senate inquiry has heard the Department of Defence has been enlisted to potentially deliver supplies, including much-needed coffee, to Mawson Station after an earlier resupply voyage was disrupted when cranes malfunctioned on Australia's $528 million icebreaker.
Meta AI has rolled out on our social media apps to a mixed reception. Here's why and what to do with it
The launch of Meta's artificial intelligence tool has generated a wave of confusion among users as the AI bots descended upon familiar social media apps and began interacting with real people. Here are five quick questions on what the new tool means for users.
Rarely seen and hardly ever heard, secretive 'bunyip bird' spotted breeding for the first time in 40 years
The endangered Australasian bittern likes to keep a low profile and experts think there may be fewer than 1,000 left in Australia, but it's now been spotted with chicks in unique wetlands still recovering from damming in the 1960s.
Why have power bills skyrocketed when wholesale electricity keeps getting cheaper?
The wholesale price of electricity in Australia is three times cheaper than it was two years ago, according to new data from Australia's energy regulator, but retailers are still jacking up their prices.
A subterranean wonderland lies beneath the Nullarbor. A battle between energy and the environment looms in its future
The Nullarbor Plain is famous for being dry, flat and featureless — but it's a very different story beneath the surface, with an intricate cave system that has remained mostly untouched.
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