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Surfer escapes shark attack in South Australia

A surfer has managed to escape a shark attack on the coast of South Australia.

Primary school pupil praised for hilarious homework answer after spotting glaring error

A girl has been praised for her hilarious answer to a maths problem after spotting a glaring error in the question — and others...

New 3D-printed microlenses poised to improve imaging, computing, communications

Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices – a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities.

DeepMind’s brain: Shape of things to come

Has one of the most important questions of science now been answered? From the headlines you might think so. For some biology’s “holy grail”...

Is anyone on Earth not an immigrant?

By Kelly Slivka

Australia’s ‘black summer’ bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas: WWF

More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated, in...

The potential impact of Brexit without a trade deal

By Guy Faulconbridge, John Chalmers

Google removes some IAC browser extensions for ‘policy violations’

Google said it has removed a number of browser extensions of online conglomerate IAC/InterActive Corp. for “policy violations” and is reviewing “enforcement options.”

COVID-19 vaccine ‘very safe and highly effective’, UK health chief says

Public health messaging that people can have faith in the safety of coronavirus vaccines is “vitally important”, the leader of the UK body that...

Iran to improve airport capacity to 50 mln passengers per year by 2021: Minister

Iran planned to expand its airport capacity to handle 50 million passengers per year by the summer of 2021 despite restrictions imposed on the...

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