The goat hit squad with a job to do

Marcus Strom   The specially trained animals wandering Mt Annan gardens have some important work to do.

Sites of life in the world's mysterious deep oceans revealed

Bridie Smith   The location of critters that call the Earth's oceans home has been mapped for the first time, with the findings throwing up some unexpected results for researchers searching for the "rainforests of the sea".

CSIRO wins $1.4m grant towards malaria breath test

Alexandra Back   Australian researchers hope a $1.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will propel them towards development of a malaria breath test.

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Discovered: the greatest ever stash of alien worlds

Peter Spinks   The unearthing of 1300 worlds beyond our own solar system raises the odds for finding ET, though perhaps not as we'd recognise her.

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Cosmic dust reveals Earth’s ancient atmosphere

Peter Spinks   Micro-meteorites, about the width of human hair, are shedding light on Earth's beginnings.

Canadian teen's discovery of 'Mayan city' debunked as junk science

Julie Power   The discovery of a previously unknown Mayan city in the Yucatan jungle by a Canadian teen has been dismissed as "junk science" by a US archaeologist who was also a child prodigy at the same age on the same subject.

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Cutting-edge technology was born in Australia

Bridie Smith and Marcus Strom   Wielding the axe, literally speaking, was an act first carried out in Australia according to archaeologist, who have discovered part of the world's oldest axe in a remote corner of the Kimberley.

Space

NASA's Kepler telescope confirms record-breaking 1284 new planets

Rachel Feltman   NASA scientists have announced 1284 new exoplanets — candidates found by the Kepler Space Telescope that have now been confirmed with 99 per cent certainty.

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Nanocars rev up for world's biggest small race

Peter Spinks   Nanotechnology is going to the next level, with minuscule racing cars made of individual atoms.

Making space history at 23

Marcus Strom   Meet Solange Cunin, the driving force behind Australia's first payload to the International Space Station.

Scientists get a better idea of how often Victoria's volcanoes erupt

Bridie Smith   Researchers have gained valuable insight into how frequently Victoria's volcanoes erupt, after establishing the age of an extinct volcano known as Mount Widderin for the first time.

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Sky abuzz with meteors, super new moon and Mercury transit

Peter Spinks   Weather permitting, stand by for one of the most spectacular meteor showers this year, as the planets align.

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Planet Nine just got weirder

Maddie Stone   If Planet Nine exists, it's been through one hell of an ordeal.

From Marsfield to infinity and beyond

Marcus Strom   The CSIRO's astronomy and space engineers are building the world's biggest telescope in collaboration with their Chinese peers.

Rhinos Australia-bound in bid to save species

Bridie Smith   Rhinos could be grazing the grasslands of Australia as early as this year, if an ambitious plan to import an "insurance population" of the iconic species goes ahead.

Playing this game could help unlock the secrets of dementia

Catherine Armitage   A smartphone game has achieved the seemingly impossible less than 24 hours after its launch. Thousands of people of all ages are participating in dementia research on their mobile phones, including youth who want to help their sick grandparents.

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Gut instinct: making drugs from good bugs

Peter Spinks   Breakthrough research means a pill laden with potentially beneficial bacterial may one day treat people with gut disorders.

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