Aug 24 2008

News

Published by Peter

  • Antarctica once had tropical climate, scientists say - An international team of scientists who have arrived back in Hobart from Antarctica say they have evidence the icy continent once had a tropical climate.
  • Internet project encourages tree change - An online induction showing off almost a quarter of Queensland is being launched this morning in an effort to convince people to move to the outback.
  • US sushi chef charged with serving whale - A California sushi chef and the restaurant in which he worked have been charged with illegally serving meat from an endangered sei whale, the US Justice Department said.
  • Well-readhead: e-reader vs the good old book - E-readers vs the ye olde book - here's what I think.
  • Independent body to review UN climate panel - UN chief announces an independent review of UN climate science after a global warming report was found to have errors.
  • Google to digitise literary masterpieces - The contents of Italy's two national libraries are set to be digitised at Google's expense and made available free on the internet.
  • Parents give kids fewer mutated genes than thought - American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery - that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.
  • Man attacked by swarm of wasps - A man has been stung at least 20 times by a swarm of wasps at Montmorency, in Melbourne's north east.
  • Ancient river courses found below Simpson Desert - Researchers have uncovered the courses of ancient river systems under the Simpson Desert in Central Australia.
  • Government accused of sitting on broadband feasibility report - The Federal Opposition says the public has the right to see a study that examines the viability of the Government's $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN).
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