The Battle of Waterloo. Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader. Netherlands vs. Portugal at the 2006 World Cup. Super Bowl XLIII. All of these epic battles pale into insignificance compared to these two kookaburra birds staring intently into each other’s eyes in … Read More
Dogs are pretty awesome at keeping people company, but for one Indigenous Australian boy with dwarfism his dog means even more than that — it’s helped with self-acceptance. Quaden Bayles, 5, from Brisbane in Australia, has a common form of … Read More
An American startup is hoping to overhaul the stuffy insurance industry with a couple of swipes. On Monday, Trov launched its latest product in Australia: On-demand insurance for single items through its mobile app. Founded in 2012, the company’s free … Read More
Remarks made by the head of Australia’s peak science body in a secret recording will do little to assuage fears the country will lose much of its climate science capacity amid severe budget cuts. The Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research … Read More
In Australia, Facebook is testing a new version of the news feed. On Friday, a large number of users noticed a selection of topics at the top of their news feed on both the desktop version of the site and … Read More
What’s the secret to going viral on the Internet? If you take a tip from an Australian teacher, it is to ask people nicely to share a handwritten note on Facebook. SEE ALSO: Everyone’s convinced ASOS’ Facebook page is run by … Read More
Some days you just have to take some time out from the world. This little buddy knows it, stretching, scratching and rolling about on a bed of soft red sand in the sun. The video, uploaded to the Alice Springs’ … Read More
Sydney man Calum Mawson recently suffered the expensive consequences of what he said was a bizarre corporate error, but which others have called a typing mishap. It started when Mawson went to pay his A$225 (US$161) Telstra phone bill Friday. … Read More
Facebook has apologized to an Australian feminist group after blocking an advertisement featuring plus-sized model Tess Holliday in a bikini. The social network had told the group, called Cherchez La Femme, that the image was rejected because Facebook’s guidelines do … Read More
The divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is still undeniably wide, with Indigenous Australians consistently losing out in health, employment, incarceration, life expectancy and education. Given the disadvantages faced by Indigenous Australians, it follows that they’re also under-represented in science … Read More