FROM employing hundreds of Aussies to playing a key role in the US defence missile shield. Pine Gap’s secrets are slowly starting to emerge.

SCIENTISTS believe they have solved the mystery of why birds no longer have teeth. The answer lies in the genomes of modern birds and gives an insight into when the beak came about.

THEY might look great hanging off the shoulders of world leaders but it sounds like owning a koala brings with it a killer set of problems.

MORE than 50 years ago, three inmates crawled through tunnels carved with spoons and escaped into the water, never to be seen again. Now, researchers believe they could have lived.

AUSTRALIA wants to buy almost $2 billion worth of support equipment and upgrades to keep RAAF Super Hornets and Growler aircraft flying.