The history of a wavy-bladed sword, bought at a Brisbane gun show around the end of the 1980s, begins with Moro raiders resisting Spanish colonists in the Philippines, but may also include Admiral Lord Nelson.
Topic:Feel Good
Latest Science news
US orders Anthropic to halt foreign access to its most advanced AI models
The US government restrictions cite national security concerns over the AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5.
Topic:AI
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 12:54pm
Australia has valuable cards to play in the AI future, new report finds
A new report says Australia can capitalise on AI, with valuable cards to play strategically.
Topic:AI Ethics
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 10:48am
Investors weigh pros and cons of boarding Elon Musk's $2 trillion 'rocket'
SpaceX operates rockets, spaceflight, telecommunications, and AI — but Elon Musk now wants to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars, with at least 1 million inhabitants.
Topic:Stock Market
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 9:30am
Booming protein powder market opens doors for food manufacturers
A Queensland food manufacturer turns second-grade peanuts into high-protein powder as demand for protein-enhanced foods grows in Australia and overseas.
Topic:Diet and Nutrition
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 7:37am
What Australia would have looked like when the dinosaurs roamed
Palaeontologists say evidence pointing to Australia's polar past shows that many dinosaurs roamed the country when the south east was still within the Antarctic Circle.
Topic:Dinosaurs
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 5:51am
Are you one of Australia's 1.1 million 'power couples'? Here's how you know
The ranks of Australia's so-called power couples, in which both partners are university-educated, have almost quadrupled over 20 years. This could have profound implications for social inequality.
Topic:Relationships
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 5:22am
Elon Musk now has an unfathomable amount of money. It looks a bit like this
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire. It is hard to fathom a figure so staggering, but let's give it a shot.
Topic:Stock Market
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 11:11am
SpaceX surges past $US2 trillion in Nasdaq debut, closing in on Amazon
"SpaceX wants to be able to take you to the Moon, take you to Mars, and ultimately beyond," Elon Musk says at a launch event in Starbase, Texas.
Topic:Business, Economics and Finance
Sat 13 Jun 2026 at 8:54am
Port River 'stud muffin' among spate of dolphin deaths in Adelaide
Environmental authorities are investigating what caused the death of a Port River dolphin, believed to be Zoom, this week after several dolphin carcasses washed up on Adelaide beaches in recent days.
Topic:Environment
Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 8:24pm
New DNA evidence discovered in acquitted Qld rape case after forensic retest
It comes in the wake of Queensland's DNA testing debacle, which triggered the retesting of forensic samples going back years.
Topic:Forensic Science
Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 2:42pm
