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Recipe for the perfect sandcastle found

They key to building mighty sandcastles is combining 99% sand and 1% water, say physicists.

Humans aren’t the only ones who suffer from Australia’s strong sun – fish are prone to skin cancers too, says study.

A study of shipwrecks since 1852 has revealed that men generally save themselves on sinking ships.

Scientists in Queensland have uncovered a fossil ‘goldmine’, but severe underfunding is hampering the project.

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Margaret Loy Pula has become the first indigenous woman to win one of Australia’s richest visual accolades.

Neanderthals were sophisticated enough to cook vegetables and use plants for medicine, say Australian scientists.

Australia’s dumpling squid are unable to swim after bouts of mating, increasing their risk of being eaten by predators.

One of the older galaxies in the universe has been found and its pattern is much smoother than typical ‘lumpy’ galaxies.

Some male cuttlefish can display both male and female patterns to trick male rivals, scientists have found.

Pluto may have been dumped from the planet club, but astronomers have just discovered it’s one up on moons.