The world, in perspective.

Halloween offers up a portal for neighbours to connect – even if it is only once a year

Palmerston North candidate Ankit Bansal has claims he didn't know of the conviction.

Astronomers have discovered three actively feeding black holes inside a single galaxy more than 12.5 billion light-years away, revealing a remarkable scene from the universe’s infancy. Two of the black holes are separated by just 620 light-years and are expected to eventually merge, while a third lurks farther away. One weighs an astonishing 80 million suns,

A popular Perth beach has been closed after a whale carcass was found on the sand, prompting a shark alert.

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a bizarre, potentially historic discovery: the first moon ever detected beyond our Solar System. Unlike familiar moons, this mysterious object is at least as massive as Jupiter and orbits a brown dwarf, which itself circles a star. The unusual arrangement challenges traditional definitions of planets and moons, leaving

When it comes to attentiveness and screens, our laws trail dangerously behind reality.

Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software.

The BBC's technology correspondent Joe Tidy explains how it happened, and what it means for you.

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.

The disclosure heightened concerns about A.I.’s potential to upend cybersecurity unless shortcomings are addressed.

Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth's most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller that happens to be venomous. It was listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct, last scientifically documented in the 1930s, but now has been rediscovered on the tropical Indonesian island of Bangka.