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Warnings have been issued for people to stay safe amid the storm that is sweeping through Perth and the coast from Lancelin to Mandurah as lightning hit its fourth victim today.

Jan 23, 2012

The Bureau of Meteorology said the national weather outlook for February to April this year is that northern and western Australia will likely experience a wetter season, while parts of southeast SA and western NSW will be relatively drier.

Jan 23, 2012

Controversy continue to surround the doomed Phobos-Grunt probe that plunge to Earth over the weekend as Russian investigators said they will conduct tests to check if U.S. radar emissions could have interfered with the doomed spacecraft.

Jan 19, 2012

Collectors are scrambling to buy rocks that are said to have fallen from Mars, which are reportedly fetching big bucks, as high as $11,000 to $22,500 per ounce. The biggest rock weighs over 2 pounds.

Jan 19, 2012

A new study revealed that despite an abundance of sunlight, almost one third of Australian adults suffer from Vitamin D deficiency and this has become a major public health issue that needs urgent attention.

Jan 18, 2012

Russia’s Phobos-Grunt probe which was supposed to land in Mars moon Phobos has come crashing back to Earth Sunday 1,250 kilometers (775 miles) west of Wellington Island in Chile's south, space officials said.

Jan 16, 2012

The Australia government has decried the use of its icon, the kangaroo, in cigarette packs being sold in Europe. Also written in the cigarette boxes is the slogan “An Australian Favourite.”

Jan 16, 2012

Russia’s Phobos-Grunt spacecraft will crash into the Indian Ocean sometime this weekend even as the allusions to foul play raised by the head of the country’s space agency remain unresolved.

Jan 14, 2012

A new study has found that “internet addiction disorder” show signs of brain changes no different from alcoholics or users of illegal drugs.

Jan 13, 2012

Researchers have made a revolutionary discovery of a particle that could play a major role in off-setting climate change.

Jan 13, 2012

The International Space Station will be firing up its engines briefly Friday to avoid a piece of debris from the private U.S. satellite Iridium.

Jan 13, 2012

Google tools and its Android software, which is now commonly used in tablet computers and smartphones, will continue to enhance lifestyles.

Jan 13, 2012

Feeling stressed out means you probably can’t sleep or your head aches. But do you know that stress may be causing your brain to shrink?

Jan 13, 2012

Physicists said the next big thing in the world of particle physics will be the extension of the standard model of particle physics known as supersymmetry or SUSY.

Jan 13, 2012

Russia’s space agency said its doomed Phobos-Grunt mission will fall out of Earth’s orbit Sunday or Monday, over the Indian Ocean, but poses no big risks.

Jan 13, 2012

Australia is teaming up with several other countries to design and develop a $2 billion telescope which is aimed at looking back at the universe and study it in detail.

Jan 13, 2012

Sabotage by foreign forces may have caused the recent “unexplained” failures of Russian satellites, according to Russia’s space chief Vladimir Popovkin, even as the countdown for the predicted Jan. 15 re-entry of the failed Phobos-Grunt mission begins.

Jan 11, 2012

Nicotine patches don't help smokers kick the habit and remain cigarette-free over the long haul, but it has positive effects on the brains of older people who are suffering from mild memory loss, new studies show.

Jan 11, 2012

Researchers have discovered a way to outfit robobugs with electronic sensors which can give these cyborg insects a reliable power source.

Jan 11, 2012

A team of astronomers is on a search for moons, particularly the size of Earth moon, around extrasolar planets using available Kepler data.

Jan 11, 2012

A new study has found that Australia and New Zealand have the highest rate of marijuana and amphetamine use in the world, while Asia boasted the lowest.

Jan 10, 2012

Scientists in search for extraterrestrial intelligence have narrowed their search by using data from newly discovered exoplanets.

Jan 10, 2012

The three anti-whaling activists, Geoffrey Tuxworth, Simon Peterffy and Glen Pendlebury, who were held onboard a Japanese whaling ship will not be charged and will be turned over to Australian authorities, reports said.

Jan 10, 2012

A NASA-funded effort hopes to produce a prototype robot, weighing only about 2 pounds and powered by microbes within the next 10 years. First year funding will come from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

Jan 09, 2012

A new study showed that individuals who were not properly nourished while in the womb have reduced ability to store fact correctly later in life, putting them at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other age-related diseases.

Jan 09, 2012

The Australian government is in diplomatic talks with Japan to secure the release of three anti-whaling activists who are presently held on board a Japanese ship, Shonan Maru II, which they boarded around 16 miles off Australia’s west coast on Saturday night.

Jan 09, 2012

A former orbital analyst said that previous reports of U. S. military’s X-37B space plane spying on a prototype space module is extremely unlikely.

Jan 09, 2012

A new study indicates that quasicrystals, a type of mineral once thought to be "impossible" in nature, is of extraterrestrial origin and probably around 4.5 billion years old.

Jan 06, 2012

Researchers have recently discovered a rare mineral that used to be found only from moon rocks and lunar meteorites in at least six sites in Western Australia.

Jan 06, 2012