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Australia news live: flash flooding hits Queensland roads; $57bn of Victoria infrastructure threaten...

Flood warning in place on Gold Coast. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRestricting welfare to citizens not ‘pu...

Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades

A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today's Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells. Archaeologi...

NASA’s MAVEN Makes 1st Discovery of Atmospheric Effect at Mars

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected — observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in t...

Australia’s social media ban preventing teens from accessing the news, research finds

Half of the teens who have been blocked say they are seeing less news than before – but they are not necessarily going back to traditional sourcesGet our breaki...

10 footballers who nearly quit before playing at the World Cup

For millions of footballers around the world, appearing at the FIFA World Cup is the ultimate dream. But for some stars, that dream almost never happened. Long...

Trump cuts to weather data could make forecasts less reliable, warn experts

Use of AI is a valuable tool for weather prediction but only when it’s trained with ample data, experts sayAs the US prepares for hurricane season and a summer...

Weather tracker: Europe braces for swing from Arctic chill to extreme heat

Temperatures in France and England could rise by 15C, while hot air could to give way to snow in parts of USAfter a prolonged spell of cool conditions across mu...

‘A book that should be read by all Australians’: Clare Wright wins book of the year at the NSW Liter...

The historian won $50,000 for her nonfiction book Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions, which judges praised as deeply researched, ‘highly original’ and ‘vividly ali...

Romaine calm: live frog found in discount supermarket lettuce bag

‘Look, if I was in a French supermarket, I probably would have got a two for one deal on that one,’ woman in WA told national TVFollow our Australia news live b...

Anglo American sells Australia steelmaking coal mines

Police running out of room to store illegal cigarettes they’ve seized amid Australia’s booming illic...

Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantlingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest u...

Pianist Jayson Gillham says he never considered apologising for Gaza comments, trial hears

Federal court case begins for classical pianist who alleges Melbourne Symphony Orchestra unlawfully discriminated due to his viewsFollow our Australia news live...

‘Quieter and cleaner’: Sydney to trial electric ferry after two-year delay

NSW transport minister says contracts signed for 24-metre, battery electric ferry to be trialled for 12 months from 2028Follow our Australia news live blog for...

Minnesota deploys national guard to help fight wildfires in northern region

Tim Walz, the state’s governor, calls blazes ‘unpredictable and fast-moving’ as dry, windy weather fuels themMinnesota’s national guard has been activated to he...

Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur...

Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app

Weather-monitoring company AcuRite is forcing device owners to use a new companion app on May 30, frustrating some long-time customers. AcuRite, which sells dev...

Weather tracker: Furnace Creek sizzles as snow sweeps Siberia in a week of extremes

Record heat in North and Central America coincides with egg-sized hailstones in eastern ChinaExtreme weather across several parts of the world this week has bro...

Ice Moves Out of Aniak

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ice Moves Out of Aniak Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat &...

Dungeons & Desktops: 10 roguelikes that never die (because their communities won’t let them)

The first version of NetHack was released in 1987 as a heavily modified descendant of Hack, itself based on Rogue, a Unix-era experiment built for character-bas...

Why age assurance laws matter for developers

Policymakers around the world are advancing age assurance proposals to protect children and teens online. Some approaches restrict minors’ access to certa...