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SOUTHERNERS contemplating a trip to Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery still have a few months to experience the gallery’s landmark exhibition. Part of QVMAG’s major anniversary celebrations, it takes the public on a 125-year journey back in time at the museum’s original Royal Park site.media_cameraBinocular microscope from 1865.Actually, The World Inside exhibition projects even further back in time, to as early as 700BC, for the embalming of an Egyptian mummy, the head of which..>> view originalTassie's bronze battle after semi whitewash
THE Tasmanian boys hockey side was totally outclassed in the national under-18 championship semi-final against NSW in Launceston.The boys will need to quickly regather themselves for the bronze medal match against Victoria today.Tassie coach Ilene Carr felt her side was simply outplayed in the first half, with the majority of the players in their first national final.media_cameraTasmania’s Finn Bailey holds off his NSW opponent. Picture: Click InFocus“New South Wales’ clinical finishing in the f..>> view originalState of the nation | Sunday, July 17, 2016
Your morning news snapshot around regional Australia and beyond. State of the nationNeed a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered. THIRROUL: A 26-year-old man has reportedly died after collapsing during a football game in Thirroul on Saturday afternoon. Read more.TASMANIA: An undercover Fairfax journalist has discovered a terrorism threat within Tasmania. Read more.ALBURY/WODONGA: Word spread almost as quickly as the timber pillars went up in flames. Read m..>> view originalSunday Series: Dan Howe
Sunday Series: Dan Howe Peter Hanlon July 17, 2016 8:11 AM Sunday Series: Daniel Howe In the second instalment of the Sunday Series, Peter Hanlon speaks with Daniel Howe about growing up on the border, setting goals and the moment he got the confidence to aim for the AFL. He shrugs and says it’s either/or – more often Dan, but perhaps Daniel if he’s in trouble with Mum. Name is the easy bit. Place is harder to pin down. Dan Ho..>> view originalTassie athlete claims silver
LAUNCESTON’S Jacob Birtwhistle was handed a World Triathlon Series silver medal in Germany amid a controversial ending and confusion among podium places. STAR: Launceston triathlete Jacob Birtwhistle. Picture: Delly Carr.LAUNCESTON’S Jacob Birtwhistle was handed a World Triathlon Series silver medal in Germany amid a controversial ending and confusion among podium places.The under-23 world champion fought out a see-sawing race in rainy conditions where his position within the Hamb..>> view originalNew Study Suggests Biodiversity Has Declined To Unsafe Levels - Consequences Unknown
According to a study published on Thursday, around 58 percent of the land on earth has declined to below the biodiversity safe limit, says The Christian Science Monitor. This decline is attributed mainly to human land practices. A diminishing biodiversity makes the ecosystem vulnerable to factors such as the extinction or migration of a species and could threaten the food chain, causing the ecosystem to collapse. Biodiversity also plays an integral role in factors such as crop pollination, nutr..>> view originalInvisibility cloak a step closer: Scientists
By: IANS | London | Published:July 17, 2016 11:49 am The new development by the scientists may not exactly lead to the invisibility cloak from Harry Potter, but it could have greater technological and industrial outcomes. (Representational Picture) In a first, scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have made an object disappear by using a material with nano-size particles that can enhance specific properties on the object’s surface. Researchers from ..>> view original'Humpback heaven' as whale sightings surge in Pacific Northwest
Researchers and crews with whale-watching boats from Bellingham to British Columbia are reporting an unprecedented number of sightings of North Pacific humpback whales this summer.Once nearly wiped out by commercial whaling, the humpbacks are making a comeback – and it’s not just two or three whales in any one spot, but large groups of up to 15 or 20 together.“It’s humpback heaven out there right now,” said Michael Harris, executive director of Pacific Whale Watch Association, a trade group tha..>> view originalNASA: Earth Now Shares Solar System With 27 Dwarf Planets, Including Pluto
An international team of astronomers discovered a new dwarf planet this month, bringing the total number of objects that are “highly likely” to be minor planets in the solar system to 27. The newly discovered dwarf planet, dubbed 2015 RR245, was spotted by the ongoing Outer Solar Systems Origins Survey (OSSOS) using the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii. The OSSOS is tasked with mapping the massive number of objects made of ice and rock that comprise the enormous Kuiper Belt ou..>> view originalResearchers map brain development in primates
By: IANS | New York | Published:July 17, 2016 3:35 pm Gross anatomy and layered architecture of the neocortex during prenatal and postnatal development. (Source: Allen Institute for Brain Science) Researchers have created a comprehensive molecular atlas of brain development in non-human primate that could shed crucial light on what makes human brain development distinct. This analysis uncovered features of the genetic code underlying brain development in our close e..>> view original
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