Science celebrity Dr Karl Kruszelnicki was unable to answer the hard questions thrown at him when he sat down with kids for a science Q&A at the Lady Cilento Hospital yesterday.

Australia’s consumer watchdog is taking federal action against Birubi Art, an Indigenous art organization who allegedly sold around 18,000 fake Indigenous artefacts.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab have revealed a robotic fish to help monitor the health of our oceans.

DNA tests on a six-inch long mummified skeleton from Chile have confirmed it was a newborn that had genes associated with dwarfism, scoliosis and other skeletal abnormalities.

A report from Monash university estimates that domestic violence affects almost one quarter of the 35 thousand women with temporary Australian visas.

Queensland and Swedish researchers have discovered a toxin from the marine bootlace worm, which could be used to kill cockroaches.

The Bureau of Meteorology says a tropical cyclone has formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria and is expected to grow into a category three storm over the weekend.

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.