The Discovery of a powerful Black Hole Hurricane
Twenty-eight thousand light years away from Earth, towards the centre of the Milky Way, an unexpectedly mighty hurricane blows around a tiny black hole.
Louisiana is sinking
Though it may seem like a paradox, a lack of water could drown coastal Louisiana. Every hour, an area of land approximately the size of a football field disappears. Mostly to blame are…
Sexual competition has endowed ducks with enormous organs
Male Argentine lake ducks possess — in relation to their body length — the longest penises of any vertebrate.
Evolutionary leap caused by 10 billion humans
A new evolutionary leap will occur by 2100, and Dr Henrik Frystacki tells you why.
From the archives: The bombing of Darwin
Seventy years ago the droning of aircraft could be heard above Darwin.
Grains of truth: Why pollen is the new hero of forensics
December 2, 1989, a private twin-engine plane travelling from San Diego in the US crashed near a regional airport in Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing the pilot and his wife.
Born to climb: Tashi Tenzing on Everest
More than half a century after his grandfather became one of the first men in the world to summit Everest, the spirit of adventure lives on in Tashi Tenzing.
Top science jobs: Rainforest crusader
For William Laurance, no two days are ever the same. One might involve supervising a PhD project in Asia, the next he could be deep in the North Queensland rainforest, collecting evidence of…
Maggot factory offers hope against flesh-eating parasites
A factory in the southeastern Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutierrez is hard at work churning out an unusual product: bugs.
Outback race for the Square Kilometre Array telescope
Following a career that has included stints at NASA and the European Southern Observatory, Dr Peter Quinn now has a brief to bring Australia the most exciting new space project of the new…
