Known as the great Pacific garbage patch, researchers have now reported the rotating soup of plastic in the pacific ocean has grown to 16 times its’ previous size.

The Nigerian Government is determined to free the last Dapchi schoolgirl held hostage by Boko Haram.

Hundreds of contraband drugs and health treatments have been seized in recent raids by New South Wales Health Officials.

Perth is set to test driverless cars on public roads in the coming months, with the hope of having them operating on city streets later this year.

Australia’s first commercial crop of the taste bud altering miracle fruit, is now growing in far north Queensland.

Two American tourists are confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in the Whitsunday Islands on Wednesday.

The American National Library of Congress have announced the latest additions to the the National Recording Registry.

The addition of the 25 works - including singles, live recordings, albums and film soundtracks - will see the registry grow to 500 entries.

Among the new entries are American Hip Hip group Run-DMC’s 1986 album Raising Hell, Fleetwood Mac’s 1976 album Rumours, The Sound of Music Soundtrack, and "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets.

Researchers with Australian technology company Electro Optic Systems have developed a high powered laser that could potentially be used to nudge satellite and space debris.

Low powered lasers are used to track objects orbiting earth and this latest innovation will allow scientists to create systems that can alter the trajectories of some of these objects.

In Europe researchers are developing harpoon and net systems that can be used to intercept and capture space debris in orbit.