The Blob, but smaller: Tasmania's slime moulds
Slime moulds, long belittled as 'demon's droppings' and 'snake poo', are everywhere—and they're on the hunt for prey. What are they, though? A plant? An animal? A fungus?Ann Jonesgets up close and personal.Sarah Lloyd's property is towards the top of Black Sugarloaf Mountain in Tasmania, between Launceston and Devonport.Lloyd shares the place with her partner, composer Ron Nagorcka—but she also shares it with thousands of trees, creepers, old man ferns, fallen logs and tonnes of leafy substrate...>> view originalNewstead's war homes tell stories of families in the years after World...
Newstead's war homes tell stories of families in the years after World War IPostedNovember 30, 2015 12:52:07 How does a nation say thank you to those who give up their everyday life to fight in a war?In Australia, after World War I, it was deemed appropriate that returned soldiers or their widows be offered affordable housing in the form of war service homes."There was a sense that they'd earned the privilege," said Julieanne Richards, co-author of Home For War รข€” Stories From The Newstead ..>> view originalDaryl Coates replaces Tim Ellis as Tasmania's Director of Public...
Daryl Coates replaces Tim Ellis as Tasmania's Director of Public ProsecutionsUpdatedNovember 30, 2015 12:08:01 Daryl Coates has been appointed as Tasmania's top prosecutor after the sacking earlier this year of Tim Ellis who was convicted of causing a fatal car crash.Mr Coates SC had been the acting Director of Public Prosecutions for two years, taking up the role after Mr Ellis was involved in the crash which killed Launceston woman Natalia Pearn on the Midland Highway in 2013.Mr Ellis was ..>> view originalSocial Networks: Lincoln Richardson-Drew Wilson 30th birthday
Lincoln Richardson and Drew Wilson celebrated their 30th birthdays together with a party at Hotel Launceston on Friday night. Picture: SAMANTHA VAN ...>> view originalLatrobe wins in a thriller
LATROBE grabbed the win in a nail-biter at the first day-night match of the season, with a one-run victory over Devonport in Saturday's fourth round of Greater Northern Cup games.RUNS: Ulverstone's Sam Perko hits to the off side in the Greater Northern Cup one-day clash between Ulverstone and Sheffield. Picture: Stuart Wilson.LATROBE grabbed the win in a nail-biter at the first day-night match of the season, with a one-run victory over Devonport in Saturday's fourth round of Greater Northern Cup..>> view originalThe Beautiful Girls Set To Hit The Road For Annual Summer...
tour > News The Beautiful Girls Set To Hit The Road For Annual Summer SoundSystem Shows The Beautiful Girls' Mat McHugh Nov 30th 2015 | 12:15pm | Staff Writer Tweet The Beautiful Girlshave just let out that they will be putting on a select run of shows across Australia starting early 2016 to celebrate their annual Summer SoundSystem o..>> view originalSilicon Ship on course for Launceston to Hobart - MySailing
Tasmanian designed and built yacht Silicon Ship yesterday gave an impressive preview to her prospects of winning next month’s Launceston to Hobart ocean race.Owned by Bellerive Yacht Club members Dave Wyatt and Gordon Clark, Silicon Ship won both the AMS and PHS handicap categories of the final pre-Christmas Combined Clubs Long Race.In last year’s National Pies Launceston to Hobart, a 285 nautical mile race from the Tamar River to the River Derwent, sailing down Tasmania’s rugged East Coast, the..>> view originalAchievement saluted in JBS Great Southern's Tassie supplier awards
MORE than 170 Tasmanian beef and lamb stakeholders engaged in JBS Australia’s Great Southern farm-assured supply chain program gathered to salute their peers when the company held its second Supplier of the Year awards in Launceston on Thursday night.An awards dinner held at Country Club Tasmania just outside Launceston served as the centrepiece of the event after an afternoon conference program exploring the achievements of Great Southern’s progress to date, performan..>> view originalWelcome to the wonderful world of climate talks, where less means more
Welcome to the wonderful world of climate talks, where less means moreLENORE TAYLORLast updated 09:14, November 30 2015Tourism and Events QueenslandLady Elliot Island, on the southern Great Barrier Reef, is home to a variety of marine megafauna.OPINION:The numbers look clear. In 1990, Australia emitted 564m tonnes of carbon dioxide. In 2005 that rose to 611m. By 2014-15 that had fallen a bit to 565m. But in 2029-30, the latest published projections say we will emit 724m tonnes.They have gone up ..>> view originalBirds, humans evolved same talking system
Birds, humans evolved same talking systemAAPNovember 30, 2015 12:49PMSavePrintHUMANS and birds have separately developed the same musical solution to talking and singing, an evolution study has found.BOTH employ a system that involves sound pulses being generated hundreds or thousands of times per second as folds of tissue rapidly vibrate.The "myoelastic-aerodynamic" theory (Mead) was first proposed in the 1950s to explain the way vocal cords in the larynx oscillate to create sound.Now new resea..>> view original
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