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Taste may be subjective, but a group of scientists have come up with hard data on why the Marvel movies are so successful, based on modelling used in ecology

Residents are outraged, but the Mayor admitted the council had "no control" over development in the town centre anyway.

The St George community has received a reprieve, with water not inundating any homes during the flood peak at the south-west Queensland town.

This week on Please Explain, Tory Maguire discusses the emerging coronavirus threat with SMH Health Editor Kate Aubusson and Europe correspondent Bevan Shields.

Officials have rearranged the Super Rugby draw so all teams, including the Sunwolves, can avoid travel to Japan.

WHO warns governments not to make a 'fatal mistake' amid outbreak.

The United States and Germany have recorded the first cases with no obvious source.

Pack a punch with colour, our holiday looks are right on track. The trench is your ultimate travelling companion, teamed with a statement shoe and bags of style.

It's said that the most expensive words on Wall Street are "this time is different." But this might be one of the few times where the phrase applies.

Think you know what you're seeing when politicians are on the make? Often there's less to it than meets the eye.

Death threats and hate mail are not about to deter the actor-cum-activist.

With bushfires bearing down on them, staff members at a NSW South Coast zoo had to choose whether to save themselves or stay and protect their animal charges. It was no contest.

The novel coronavirus has an unlikely victim -- one of the world's most popular beers. Its new, oddly timed ad is unlikely to help.

Four people were treated by paramedics on scene at Minden.

Timothy Weeks, the academic kidnapped at gunpoint in Kabul in 2016, spent more than three years as a Taliban hostage.

The closed court hearing is one in 65 of the nearly decade long saga to bring Leifer back to Australia to face 74 charges of rape and child abuse.

When deciding which secondary school to send your child to, should you consider the independent public school that has held top spot in the ATAR for the past four years?

They say you can never have enough of a good thing, which is proving true for Perth's growing band of craft beer drinkers.

Finbar managing director Darren Pateman said despite ongoing global uncertainty he predicted Perth could benefit in the long-run.

To celebrate 30 years with the Sydney Morning Herald and her appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in January this year for her service to print media and investigative journalism, Kate McClymont shares a look back at her career.