4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (419+ words) A rare lunar event is set to light up the sky this weekend, as a blue micromoon becomes visible on Sunday night. The event is not something skywatchers get to see very often, as it combines two astronomical phenomena, a…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (330+ words) Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was destroyed in a dramatic explosion during an engine test on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Thursday night. The blast sent a fireball into the sky and shook homes in the surrounding area....

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (464+ words) When left alone in a new world, some AI agents descended into theft, intimidation, death and whole-of-society collapse, according to a new experiment. American company Emergence AI ran five separate "AI worlds" for just over two weeks, each populated with…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (423+ words) Artificial intelligence hubs are expanding so rapidly they could consume almost one third of a state's electricity by 2040, in addition to straining water supplies. But Australia could address their potential environmental risks by introducing a data centre regulator, a committee…...

10+ hour, 33+ min ago  (491+ words) They're designed to protect communities from bushfires during hot Australian summers, but fire breaks cleared through a forest in WA have been transformed into "dangerous traps" by heavy rain. Erosion in the clay surface has left deep grooves in hillsides…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago  (546+ words) A dramatic transcontinental weather shift is under way as the storm system battering the eastern states moves offshore, leaving Western Australia bracing for a violent cold front. While the east coast finally welcomes a dry and settled weekend after days…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago  (37+ words) Yahoo News Australia The phenomenon cannot be detected by the human eye, and it is through science that we're able to uncover what would otherwise remain unseen....

17+ hour, 22+ min ago  (474+ words) An extraordinary underwater discovery off Australia's southeastern coastline is shining new light on one of our lesser-known marine species. Filmmakers documenting Western Port Bay in Victoria captured a phenomenon never before recorded in Swell Sharks, something they say is nothing…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (569+ words) Europe may not have as many tech giants as the US, but that's not where its strength lies. Where the old continent does really well is density, says the new Global Tech Ecosystem Index_. _ Europe is home to more of the…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (698+ words) A Queensland private school's plan to offset a new development by planting 526 new trees has been labelled "flawed" by local animal experts. Ormiston College in Brisbane's south east is felling part of a known koala corridor to make way for…...