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Scientists in Australia tested a new cream that's now been proven to fade older mature scars such as keloids.

RX and Medicine

Scientists Intrigued by Cream Designed to Make Old Scars Disappear

By Sharon Adarlo

Australian startup Gilmour Space scrubbed the launch of its Eris rocket after its nose cone deployed while still on the launchpad.

Australian Rocket Launch Thwarted by Premature Payload Ejection

By Frank Landymore

Tesla's Australia division is seeing a massive hit to its bottom line amidst plummeting sales throughout the globe.

Tesla Sees Catastrophic Sales Decline in Australia

An Australian child services worker used ChatGPT to write a sensitive report about a child — and ended up getting the tech banned.

Child Welfare Worker in Trouble After Using ChatGPT to Submit Bizarre Report About Sex Doll

By Noor Al-Sibai

A bizarre-looking species of shark in Australia has been caught on video schooling on the ocean floor in a carpet formation.

Watch Thousands of Sleeping Sharks Form a “Carpet” on the Ocean Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

Surfing star Kai McKenzie lost his leg after encountering a ten-foot great white shark. The limb later washed ashore and has been put on ice.

Leg Washes Ashore After Shark Attack, Surgeons Hope to Reattach

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is threatening to sue fired Twitter staff in Australia, demanding to claw back payments after accidentally overpaying them.

Elon Musk Demands Money Back From Employees He Laid Off

By Victor Tangermann

A powerful Australian mining magnate has been trying to get an unflattering portrait of her removed from a museum.

Science & Energy

Billionaire Mining Magnate Not Happy With Her Portrait Hanging in Museum

By Jon Christian

A woman in Australia used her electric car to power her son's life-saving dialysis machine during a blackout.

Advanced Transport

Woman Uses Electric Car to Power Son’s Dialysis Machine During Blackout

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists believe rare pink diamonds were formed when an ancient supercontinent broke up 1.3 billion years ago.

Science & Energy

Pink Diamonds Emerged When a Supercontinent Broke Up, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have discovered a new type of tool-using insect, nicknamed the "assassin bug" for a creative — and deadly — hunting technique.

Science & Energy

Scientists Discover Bug That Uses Tool

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Northern male quolls, endangered Australian marsupials, are dying prematurely as a result of sleepless quests for sex — and scientists are worried.

Furious Marsupial So Thirsty For Sex That It’s Dying, Scientists Warn

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A cane toad dubbed "Toadzilla" has been crowned as the world's largest known toad. But sadly, our hefty heroine's story has already come to an untimely end.

Science & Energy

Authorities Euthanize World’s Largest Toad

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Let it be known that among all the different fields of science, it was astronomers who managed to turn a record-breaking telescope into a ska joke.

Science & Energy

Brilliant Scientists Decide to Name the World’s Largest Telescope “SKA”

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX debris keeps being found on Australian cattle farms — but at least the latest rancher to find a piece has a good sense of humor.

Even More SpaceX Debris Crashes Down on Another Cattle Farm

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of scientists are planning to drive a Tesla 9,400 miles around Australia — a journey that's entirely powered by the Sun alone, Reuters reports.

A Tesla Is Driving Around Australia, Completely on Solar Power

By Victor Tangermann