Embargoed until: Thu 12 Oct 2017 at 0400 AEDT The first of its kind in the Solar System.

Set phasers to "cautiously excited."

The discovery that a cavefish might have lost its sight because key eye genes were switched off via epigenetics, rather than mutation, will fuel an evolutionary debate

To milk a cone snail requires guile and guts.

To milk a cone snail requires guile and guts.

We need a solution fast.

We’ve taken the first pictures of neutron stars colliding 130 million light years away. The resulting gravitational waves may solve some big cosmic mysteries

Dumpster fire coming through.

AlphaGo Zero, Google DeepMind's artificially intelligent Go player, dominates humans and other AIs by learning itself – without any human training

Sharing the science that matters.

A huge milestone. 

A team of researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has reportedly made a 'once-in-a-decade discovery' that will radically change how we do chemistry.

A giant, open lava tube on the moon could one day house astronauts or even a lunar colony.

An idea that has mostly been the focus of sci-fi has resurfaced in terms of reality. Some scientists believe we could grow a universe in a lab.

The magnetotail is unique in the Solar System.

Solar energy is off the charts.

Ever realised you’ve driven yourself home but haven’t really been paying attention? Brain scans have shown how wandering minds switch into autopilot mode

Without a nervous system.