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The bacterial flagellar motor: brilliant evolution or intelligent design?

Tuesday, 7 July 2015 [an error occurred while processing this directive] comments
Opinion The complexity of nature's most impressive swimmer leads some to mistakenly believe it was designed, but it is proof of evolution at work, writes Matt Baker.
Subjects: science-and-technology, evolution, opinion

Close encounters in the underwater dark

Friday, 3 July 2015
Video from the vault Dive into the alien-like world beneath Port Phillip Bay.
Subjects: environment, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, oceans-and-reefs, science-and-technology, marine-biology, great-barrier-reef, indepthfeature, video

Plants react to the sound of being eaten alive

Thursday, 2 July 2015
Plants don't just feel themselves being eaten, they fight back.
Subjects: science-and-technology, biology, physics

The true story of the Kelly gang armour

Friday, 26 June 2015
Video from the vault The Kelly gang armour is an Australian icon - but how was it made?
Subjects: education, history, science-and-technology, research-organisations, indepthfeature, video Locations: glenrowan-3675

'Comb' smooths out fibre optic barrier to fast internet

Friday, 26 June 2015
A faster and vaster internet is a step closer with the discovery of a way to push more light further along optical fibre networks.
Subjects: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet, physics

The sound of one ear ringing

Thursday, 25 June 2015
Right now your ears are probably ringing with a sound that's as unique as your fingerprint. And it's not tinnitus.
Subjects: science-and-technology, biology, physics

Crocodile tagging in Kakadu

Friday, 19 June 2015
Video from the vault: It's not easy managing a top predator, especially when it's a protected species.
Subjects: environment, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, science-and-technology, biology, national-parks, indepthfeature, video Locations: jabiru-0886

Devil decline makes possums cocky ... and more

Thursday, 18 June 2015
Bernie Hobbs takes a quick look at other science news from across the ABC this week.
Subjects: science-and-technology

Auroras sound like an alien party

Thursday, 18 June 2015
Scientists have recorded the soundtrack to an aurora, and it sounds a bit like happy hour at an alien bar.
Subjects: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, physics

Philae probe, thought lost, wakes in comet's shadow

Monday, 15 June 2015
Space: The European space probe Philae, thought lost, has woken up after a seven month-long sleep hurtling towards the sun on the back of a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) says.
Subjects: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, news

In space, nobody can hear your laser blast

Thursday, 11 June 2015
The uber futuristic sound of a laser blaster comes from some very low tech metal on metal ...
Subjects: science-and-technology, physics

Towards 2000: Introducing the amazing compact disc

Thursday, 11 June 2015
Video from the vault Dust-proof, scratch-proof and read by a laser (!) - in 1982 this technology was sure to challenge the dominance of the long-playing record.
Subjects: science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, consumer-electronics, indepthfeature, video

This fish was made for walking ... and more

Friday, 5 June 2015
Bernie Hobbs takes a quick look at other science news from across the ABC this week.
Subjects: science-and-technology

The sound of love, peacock spider style

Thursday, 4 June 2015
Peacock spiders have their own drum and bass section as well as some funkadelic dance moves
Subjects: science-and-technology, biology

Life on Mars - Hawaiian style ... and more

Friday, 29 May 2015
Bernie Hobbs takes a quick look at other science news from across the ABC this week.
Subjects: science-and-technology