QUT Robotics Professor Michael Milford is aiming to inspire the next generation of scientists, creating "The STEM Storybook" - a collection of 12 picture books covering topics ranging from statistics to robotics. STEM is now considered to[...]

Over the last 15 years, Australians have reduced the amount of time spent on physical and routine tasks at work by two hours each week thanks to automation. Retail workers have spent less time ringing up items and more time helping customers, bank[...]

To determine the price of one nuclear weapon, you have to account for the costs of their production, delivery systems and maintenance. "South Korean government analysis has put North Korea's nuclear spending at $1.1 billion to $3.2 billion overall," [...]

China's first "cyber court" was launched on Friday to settle online disputes, as the legal system attempts to keep up with the explosion of mobile payment and e-commerce.  Residents of the eastern city of Hangzhou -- home to[...]

It may look like a glorified Ziplock bag, but the artificial womb could one day save the lives of the thousands of babies born prematurely every year. For the second time, researchers announced this week that they have successfully incubated lambs[...]

<p>The NBN is costing around $50 billion to build, and the Government wants it to pay for itself.</p>"It could be anywhere from five to 15 seconds, the internet will stop. I won't be connected to the internet, or there'll be slight buffering," [...]

<p>During the eclipse, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth from west to east, and cast a shadow on Earth.</p>Next week's solar eclipse will be streamed live online for the first time, from the vantage point of helium-filled balloons[...]

Australian and Hollywood film studios and pay TV provider Foxtel have dealt a blow to internet piracy after the Federal Court ordered a raft of pirate websites be blocked in the country.Australian and Hollywood film studios and pay TV provider[...]

If you're a Google Home user without a paid Spotify account, your use of the service on Home has been limited. Up until now, Spotify has only integrated with Home for paid accounts. But at I/O, Google announced that would change; free Spotify[...]

We already know at least one cool feature it will have.Google already talked a lot about what's coming in this version, which has been known as "Android O" until now as it has progressed through beta testing. One of the biggest changes that has[...]

A gargantuan magna chamber lies beneath Yellowstone National Park, but NASA’s on the caseRight now, there are about 20 known supervolcanoes on the planet. And although their major eruptions only occur once every 100,000 years, the consequences could [...]

<p>The new attack method allows hackers to shut down targets' networks for longer periods while simultaneously conducting attacks on multiple targets.</p>The new attacks may render traditional DDoS mitigation tactics useless, experts say.[...]

Uber's former CEO says he was victim of an "ambush" after the accidental death of his mother.Kalanick leveled the charge late Monday in a response to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Delaware Chancery Court by venture capital firm [...]

Clouds move in strange ways on brown dwarfs, the things in space that are halfway between a star and a planet.NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said waves of atmosphere could be causing particles to move above the surface of a brown dwarf, which in[...]

Overachievers, this mob. Australian Scientists have had a busy week - but that hasn't stopped them from helping to solve the mystery of what causes exploding stars - used to measure the accelerating expansion of the Universe. The international[...]