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'Islam will rule' graffiti sprayed on Bendigo church

Graffiti saying 'Islam will rule' has been sprayed on the side of a historic church in Bendigo which is just minutes away from where 1,000 protesters held an anti-mosque rally. All Saints Anglican Church, which dates back 140 years, is believed to have ... >> view original

Choice matters to 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics winner Angus Deaton

Analysis. Too often in economics, experts make guesses about how an individual will respond to a change in circumstances (such as higher wages or higher prices) and then simply assume that the entire nation of which that individual is a member will ... >> view original

Baseline data set for Northern Rivers area in New South Wales earmarked for ...

The first atmospheric and water chemistry studies to set baselines levels for future coal seam gas developments have found no fugitive methane emissions. Southern Cross University spent more than a year collecting data over hundreds of kilometres from ... >> view original

Public encouraged to capture, not kill, Australia's most deadly spiders

Benedict Brooknews.com.au. Share; Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter; Share on Google+; Share on Reddit; Email a friend. THEY can be as small as one centimetre long and love a shady suburban garden, but if you rub this amorous arachnid up the ... >> view original

Microlattice Metal Is 100 Times Lighter Than Styrofoam: See Boeing's Video of ...

Aerospace company Boeing has developed the world's lightest metal which is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. Scientists hope to incorporate the metal into practical use. (Photo : Boeing | YouTube). An American corporation that produces aircrafts has ... >> view original

Stem cell experts urge ethical debate over embryo creation

The very real possibility of creating embryos from stem cells raises ethical issues that need to be debated now, scientists say. "We think these are serious issues that we have to consider carefully as scientists before we go too far and get into an ... >> view original

Food chain collapse predicted in world's oceans

This photo taken on September 22, 2014, shows fish swimming through the coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. (AFP/William West). Environment News. Sea level rise will swallow Miami, New Orleans: Study · IMF Chief: We're cooked if we fail on climate ... >> view original

Tourists record great white shark devouring seal near Alcatraz

Savage nature was on display when a great white shark devoured a seal just a few feet off Alcatraz Island in full view of gawking tourists, the first attack by the ferocious finned predator ever recorded in San Francisco Bay. The bloody spectacle over ... >> view original

Bird lovers fear annual Australian back yard count will detail species' decline

Kevy, a nankeen kestrel, at the launch of the Aussie Bird Count in Melbourne on Tuesday. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP. Oliver Milman · @olliemilman. Monday 12 October 2015 23.20 EDT Last modified on Monday 12 October 2015 23.31 EDT. Share on ... >> view original

Amazing footage shows white whale swimming off West Australian coast

Stunning birds eye view footage shows a white whale having a swim just off the West Australian coast. Known as a southern right whale, it was captured on camera by staff member Peter Nicholas from the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The animal can be ... >> view original