Maths solves sperm movement mystery
UK scientists may have unravelled one of the long-standing mysteries of human fertility: why sperm cells tend to behave like tiny, surface-seeking missiles.

Science literacy at risk of extinction
Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs?

iPhone 4 arrives in Australia
The iPhone 4 has finally made it to these shores and for once the delay has been a good thing.

Hungry locusts turn to cannibalism
New research has found the reason locusts move is to avoid being cannibalised.

DNA retesting confirms murderer's guilt
A landmark retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt.

Heavy rain halts electric car race
Heavy rain has interrupted the first ever electric car race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst in central-west New South Wales.

Missing ship found after 150 years
A team of Canadian archaeologists has found a British ship that has been missing in the Arctic for more than 150 years.

Warmer seas put marine food chain at risk
A study published in the journal Nature finds a strong link between higher sea surface temperatures and a major decline in phytoplankton, which forms the base of the marine food chain.

$60m sought to save cassowary
A group formed to help save the endangered cassowary is lobbying the Federal Government for $60 million to help preserve the big bird's habitat in far north Queensland.

West coast whale numbers rising
There are now about 40 whales at the Head of the Bight in South Australia.

Two Brisbane scientists in line for Eureka award
Two Queensland scientists have been chosen as finalists in the country's premier science awards, the Australian Museum's Eureka Prize.

'Oldest' Twitter user dies aged 104
A 104-year-old British woman thought to have been the world's oldest user of Twitter has died, her nursing home said.

Deal reached on nuclear fusion funding
The European Union and six states backing a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project say they have reached a deal on the financing and timetable for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).

Facebook used to capture alleged serial killer
Philippines police say they have used Facebook to help track down a computer technician accused of murdering nine people, three of them foreigners.

Breakthrough in search for Huntington's treatment
Melbourne researchers believe they have made a breakthrough in the search for a treatment for Huntington's disease.