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Launceston College archaeological dig unearths secrets of Tasmania's convict ...

Parts of Tasmania's convict past are being unearthed at an archaeological dig at a school in Launceston. Launceston College occupies the site of one of the city's oldest jails, which was built in 1823 and operated until about 1913. The college plans to ... >> view original

Unnamed Gold Coast Suns player comes forward, reveals he was on infamous ...

“We did have a player come forward to us in the last 24 hours in relation to the media and confirm they did travel to Launceston in March 2013,” Travis told ABC Gold Coast radio. “We're appreciative they've made that choice to come forward and we'll ... >> view original

Pair face charges over supermarket ram raids in Launceston

A man and a teenager from northern Tasmania have been charged over supermarket ram raids in and around Launceston last month. Supermarkets in West Launceston, Norwood and Evandale were burgled and a supermarket in Youngtown was destroyed ... >> view original

Prehistoric man in South Africa made milk-based paint tens of thousands of ...

A paint mixture of ochre and wild bovid milk, possibly from a buffalo or eland or similar animal, has been found on a chip of a stone tool dating back 49,000 years in Sibudu Cave, a rock shelter in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The stone tool ... >> view original

Lemurs have biggest testicles of all primates in proportion to body mass ...

One of Britain's top universities has spent months on bizarre research to discover that lemurs have proportionately bigger testicles than men. Researchers from Oxford Brookes University found that the giant mouse lemur has the biggest testicles, in ... >> view original

Demand for omega-3 wiping out krill stocks: Sea Shepherd

Australia's production of omega-3 health supplements is having a devastating impact on krill stocks in Antarctic waters, a marine conservation group says. Sea Shepherd Australia on Thursday launched a campaign targeting Blackmores over its manufacture ... >> view original

Click that caught ISS across the Moon

An Australian photographer has clicked a breathtaking image of the International Space Station (ISS) as it was passing over the Moon. It took Dylan O'Donnell almost a year to get the stunning image, Daily Mail reported. The US space station completes ... >> view original

'Territory panther' photographed on the banks of the Victoria River

COULD this be the elusive Territory panther? Mal Rooney took this photo of a huge, lean, black cat at the Victoria River last weekend, but the absence of other objects in the frame makes it difficult to judge the animal's size. It was posted on the ... >> view original

Victoriapithecus's Olfactory Bulb was Three Times larger than expected

In 1997, fossilized skull of the oldest known Old World Monkey was discovered on an island in Kenya's Lake Victoria, where it had lived 115 million years ago. Research has been carried out on the skull of this ancient monkey scientifically known as ... >> view original

Climate causes sex reversal in bearded dragon

Australia's bearded dragon may be rapidly becoming extinct, due to a strange phenomenon never before observed in the wild. While other animals face extinction due to human encroachment and decline of food supply, the climate is actually playing a ... >> view original