SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 
Dolphins are amongst the most endangered species. (AAP)
Half of mammals 'in decline'
Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third probably face extinction, said an update Monday of the "Red List," the most respected inventory of biodiversity. read more...
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Nobel Prize goes to AIDS research
French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won the Nobel Medicine Prize. read more...
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One bad job 'caused atom smasher crash'
A poor soldering job on one of 10,000 connections is the most likely cause of the failure that sidelined the world's largest atom smasher. read more...
Three scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
Japan's Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa, and Yoichiro Nambu of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for work on fundamental particles of matter. read more...
OxBridge say podcasts a recruiting tool
What's playing on your iPod? If you're an aspiring university student, Oxford and Cambridge hope it's them. read more...
Hair-size leak in nuclear reactor
Scientists are yet to find a guaranteed solution for an ongoing problem with Australia's only nuclear reactor, but will shut it down again later this month. read more...
Inaction 'a risk' to flora and fauna
Tuesday, 7th October,2008Years of inaction is to blame for putting hundreds of Australian plants and animals at risk of extinction, the federal government says.
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NASA spacecraft soars past Mercury
A US space probe successfully flew by Mercury on Monday to photograph the solar system's smallest planet, in the second of three planned passes, NASA says. read more...
Facebook co-founder leaves to start firm
The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website to create a new internet technology firm. read more...
Nobel medicine prize winners announced
Monday, 6th October,2008Two French scientists who first discovered the HIV virus, and a German doctor who discovered a viral cause of cervical cancer, have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine.
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Telstra to unveil new mobile peak speeds
Telstra is on course to deploy technology that will see Australians become the first in the world to experience new peak download speeds on their mobile phones. read more...
US scientists find fossil tracks
US scientists have found the oldest fossilised tracks of a tiny legged animal from 570 million years ago. read more...
Species die-off may be underway: experts
Friday, 3rd October,2008Earth's animal and plant species are vanishing at unprecedented rates, evidence that the planet is facing a tsunami of mass extinction, experts have warned.
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Machine detects kids' language abilities
Friday, 3rd October,2008Scientists in Sydney are using new brain-imaging technology to help find out why young children learn languages much easier and faster than adults.
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More delay for European satellite launch
The launch of a satellite to monitor Earth's gravitational field has been delayed for a second time, the European Space Agency (ESA) says. read more...
China 'spying on Skype users'
Friday, 3rd October,2008China is monitoring the chat messages of Skype users and censoring them if they contain sensitive keywords such as Tibet or Communist Party, say researchers. read more...
Roman remains found in old Greek city
Archaeologists in Greece have found Roman remains in a submerged ancient port on the Cycladic island of Kythnos, the Greek culture ministry says. read more...
Nintendo to unveil new DS console
Japanese video game giant Nintendo says it will launch a new version of its popular DS handheld console with a built-in camera and audio player next month. read more...