How AI Claude could help teams win the Darwin to Adelaide solar race
Thirty teams have already locked in for a solar race from Darwin to Adelaide that won’t even start…
Sydney Quantum Academy launches learning hub & careers event
Sydney Quantum Academy has launched a Quantum Learning Hub and hosted a quantum careers event in Chatswood as…
H5 bird flu testing underway for mass mortality of terns off Cape Jaffa
South Australian authorities are investigating a mass bird mortality event after more than 80 dead and sick birds…
First positive case of H5 bird flu in Queensland confirmed by CSIRO
Queensland has confirmed its first case of H5 bird flu after a dead petrel was found on Moreton…
NSW confirms first case of deadly bird flu strain H5N1 on Mid North Coast
The first case of H5 bird flu has been confirmed in New South Wales. An infected giant petrel…
Farmer’s push to return lost CSIRO archives reveals 200 years of merino history
For nine years, sheep farmer Peter Small chased a scientist’s life’s work across the world. Earlier this month,…
Scientists discover 149 new marine species off Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
More than 100 new species have been recorded and catalogued for the first time in some of Australia’s…
Will double-strength bait stop Western and South Australia’s mouse plague?
As people sleep in parts of Australia, mice are hidden in their beds biting their fingers, chewing machinery…
New virus to control surging feral rabbit population at least 10 years away
Australia’s feral rabbit coordinator has warned it could be at least another 10 years before the nation releases…
First north-west cloudband of 2026 to develop over Australia, delivering a broad band of rain
After the nation’s driest April in eight years, an unfavourable monthly outlook and El Niño looming in the…
CSIRO to persist with cutting up to 350 jobs despite extra $387.4 million in federal funding
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO will persist with job cuts of up to 350 roles despite an extra…