Aug 24 2008

News

Published by Peter

  • Science literacy at risk of extinction - Did humans live at the same time as dinosaurs? The answer is of course no, but about a third of Australians got it wrong in a recent survey.
  • iPhone 4 arrives in Australia - The iPhone 4 has finally made it to these shores and for once the delay has been a good thing.
  • Hungry locusts turn to cannibalism - New research has found the reason locusts move is to avoid being cannibalised.
  • DNA retesting confirms murderer's guilt - The retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt.
  • Heavy rain halts electric car race - Heavy rain has interrupted the first ever electric car race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst in central-west New South Wales.
  • Missing ship found after 150 years - A team of archaeologists has found a British ship that has been missing in the Arctic for more than 150 years.
  • Warmer seas put marine food chain at risk - A study published in the journal Nature finds a strong link between higher sea surface temperatures and a major decline in phytoplankton, which forms the base of the marine food chain.
  • Two Brisbane scientists in line for Eureka award - Two Queensland scientists have been chosen as finalists in the country's premier science awards, the Australian Museum's Eureka Prize.
  • Deal reached on nuclear fusion funding - The European Union and six states backing a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project say they have reached a deal on the financing and timetable for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).
  • Facebook used to capture alleged serial killer - Philippines police say they have used Facebook to help track down a computer technician accused of murdering nine people, three of them foreigners.

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