Innovation & Future

Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni has been hospitalised after suffering a back injury while holidaying with friends in Sardinia.The 65-year-old, who…

Rescue teams from China and Thailand have headed into a remote part of landlocked Laos, where more than 3000 people were stranded after a dam collapse sent a…

The US and Australia have formed a partnership to combat the threat posed by highly pathogenic infectious diseases in the Indo-Pacific.The announcement comes…

A huge 20km-wide lake of liquid water lies beneath the southern ice cap of Mars, scientists have learned.Dissolved salts are thought to keep the water fluid,…

Cher, composer Phillip Glass, country music star Reba McEntire and jazz legend Wayne Shorter have been announced as this year's recipients of the Kennedy Center…

A MASSIVE underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water — and maybe even life — exists there,…

(Inside Science) — A parasite that infects some 30 to 50 percent of the world's human population may subtly prompt people to start businesses,…

A PROPERTY held by the same owners for decades has gone under the hammer and fetched $50,000 more than its reserve price. The deceased estate at 5 Throsby St,…

A YOUNG woman who live-streamed her wedding on Facebook only to be dumped at the altar by her runaway groom has been swamped with global messages of support…