Tanuka Sen almost didn’t make it to Australia for her PhD studies at ANU. Now, she's continuing her postdoctoral studies researching deadly bacteria at the University of Oxford.

What do molecular biology and protein design have to do with improving sustainability and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels?

How do wild kangaroos react to remote-controlled cars or instrumental music - and what does it mean?

This cellular agriculture start-up hopes to add a tasty new animal-free ingredient to the menu.

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but regenerating body parts is a real specialty of echinoderms.

Humans are not the only ones who enjoy optical illusions. Great bowerbirds make forced perspective illusions, too.

We can harness the power of the immune system to successfully prevent some nasty diseases through immunisation—but what about other diseases such as cancer?

There’s one animal with seemingly physics-defying faeces: the wombat.

A few species can escape the ageing process completely.

If you’ve ever owned a cat—or been in contact with undercooked meat, or unwashed vegetables—you may be carrying a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.

Many microbial species are still undiscovered, but there’s one group in particular that scientists know comparatively little about: the archaea.

People have very strong feelings about coriander, but why is there such a massive difference in how we perceive its taste?

It’s that old riddle that’s sparked many arguments through the ages: was it the chicken or the egg that came first?