Australia and Oceania Science News

NEWS ANALYSIS: Australian farmers could have a huge impact on greenhouse emissions and the government needs to start seriously encouraging them to sequester carbon in their soils, say some experts.

Tiny traces of carbon trapped inside the oldest diamonds ever found, suggest life started on Earth 700 million years earlier than previously thought, say Australian researchers.

An imbalance of a key brain chemical could be the cause of cot death, after a chance discovery by researchers in Italy.

Some endangered species may face an extinction risk that is up to a hundred times greater than previously thought, according to a new study.

Australian researchers have proven what high school students have long suspected, being a teenager can be a real pain in the neck.

The most popular musical events of 12,000 years ago might have taken place in torch-lit caves next to walls covered in art, according to new archaeological research in France.

Australian astronomers may have found a solution to how far-away Jupiter and Saturn drive the sun's solar cycle.

The effects of psilocybin from so-called magic mushrooms last for more than a year, and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, according to US researchers.

The male tuatara will be increasingly desperate and dateless as global warming leads to less female hatchlings being born by 2085, Australian researchers are predicting.

High levels of so-called good cholesterol during middle age may reduce the risk of memory loss and dementia, European researchers say.

Referees give the sports people they preside over a run for their money quite literally, an Australian sports science expert says.

A new wingless, saucer-shaped aircraft is scheduled to take to the skies - just don't call it a UFO.

A pair of stars in the Orion nebula have shown astronomers that stars born at the same time, in the same parent cloud, don't necessarily have the same physical attributes.

US researchers have developed a device that uses a tiny magnet that can help disabled people become more independent using just the tip of their tongue.

Less than ten minutes standing on a vibrating platform several times a week could help reduce older people's risk of falls, Australian researchers have found.