Aug
24
2008
- 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. - The iPhone 4 has finally made it to these shores and for once the delay has been a good thing. - New research has found the reason locusts move is to avoid being cannibalised. - The retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt. - Heavy rain has interrupted the first ever electric car race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst in central-west New South Wales. - A team of archaeologists has found a British ship that has been missing in the Arctic for more than 150 years. - 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 Queensland scientists have been chosen as finalists in the country's premier science awards, the Australian Museum's Eureka Prize. - 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). - 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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