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Scott injury a worry for NSW Origin coach

Scott left the field 15 minutes into ladder-leading Brisbane's eight-tries-to-four drubbing of Newcastle at Suncorp Stadium and didn't return. He will cause some anxious moments for NSW coach Laurie Daley who names his side early next week for the July ... >> view original

Roberts dumped to NSW Cup

OUT of favour Newcastle halfback Tyrone Roberts has been dumped to the NSW Cup with his future at the club under a cloud because of the Knights' pursuit of Bulldogs and NSW playmaker Trent Hodkinson for next season. Roberts has recovered from an ... >> view original

Discovering a suburban ecological treasure

In the suburbs of Newcastle, heavy traffic, bustling businesses and rows of buildings are commonplace. But in the heart of the suburb of Tighes Hill is a vacant block of land that is much more than meets the eye. To some, they may see a patch of Earth ... >> view original

NIGHTMARE town overtaken by 25000 deadly poisonous TARANTULAS

More than 25,000 venomous spiders have descended on a small town in Australia and experts have no idea why. Maningrida, which is 300 miles east of Darwin, is crawling with the creatures. However arachnologist, Dr Robert Raven, thinks the takeover ... >> view original

Climate change cannot be addressed without breaking from capitalism

“Marx says that revolutions are the locomotive of world history. But perhaps it is quite otherwise. Perhaps revolutions are an attempt by the passengers on this train – namely, the human race – to activate the emergency brake.” – Walter Benjamin. The longer ... >> view original

These Students Built A Working Hyperloop (A Very Tiny One)

Elon Musk's Hyperloop is an idea as ambitious as it is fantastical. A train that travels at 760 mph through a pressurized tube is a hard sell, even with it gracing the latest cover of *Popular Science magazine. So it's pretty cool to see a real, working version ... >> view original

Great Barrier Reef government panel to include climate change experts

A panel committee appointed to advise the Australian government on the Great Barrier Reef has been announced. Photograph: Doug Perrine/Nature Picture Library/Corbis. Australia Associated Press. Saturday 27 June 2015 22.07 EDT. Share on Facebook ... >> view original

Slumbering black hole in Milky Way roars back to life

A black hole that hasn't been heard of since 1989 has suddenly become active again and is now the brightest object in the X-ray sky. by Michael Franco · @writermfranco; June 26, 2015 4:01 PM PDT. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments. >> view original

Cut emissions to protect citizens: court

A Dutch court ordered the government on Wednesday to slash greenhouse gas emissions to help fight global warming. It is a landmark ruling in a case brought by hundreds of concerned citizens that could pave the way for similar legal battles around the ... >> view original

New study on fruit flies shows that male sexual attention harms attractive females - News

Too much male sexual attention harms attractive females, according to a new Australian and Canadian study on fruit flies. Associate Professor Steve Chenoweth from The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences said the study showed that ... >> view original