Pythons take up residence and other top stories.

• Pythons take up residence

  

  It's something many Queensland home owners have known for a long time but recent research has confirmed that a growing number of pythons are heading indoors as their natural habitat shrinks.In research published in the latest edition of Austral Ecology, Ben Corey and Sean Doody from the University of Canberra and the Department of Parks and Wildlife WA, found that in areas where tree hollows were scarce due to human impacts, pythons preferred to live inside buildings, sheds, and particularly, a..

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• NASA Astronauts to Throw Up in Space

  

  VR will be bringing you from the comforts of that hand me down couch you got from grandma to the outer reaches of space. Becoming NASA astronauts isn't all fun and games, though. There is enough danger, loneliness and vomit to go around and this VR ...

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• Scientists create TRANSPARENT wood and could replace glass in windows

  

  Glass windows may soon be a thing of the past.Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a transparent wood material that could change the way we construct buildings and solar panels.The new material is suitable for mass production, the researchers say, and is a low-cost renewable resource. Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a transparent wood material that could change the way we construct buildings and solar panels. To create t..

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• Aboriginal artefact discovery on Sydney light rail prompts stop-work request

  

  The site intended to be used as a stabling yard for light rail vehicles. Photo: Christopher Pearce An Indigenous heritage group is applying for an urgent order under federal laws for a halt to work on a proposed tram stabling yard at Randwick, following the discovery of thousands of artefacts at the site.The discovery of some 22,000 artefacts, many of which are said to come from outside Sydney, has potentially shone a light on Indigenous trade and transit ro..

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• Bull sharks on the bite in hot water, new research suggests

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. 'I saw the shark thrashing around': rescuer Joel Trist paddled straight out to his mate Brett Connellan in a bid to save him from a shark attack near the NSW south coast town of Kiama. Vision courtesy ABC News 24. PT1M48S 620 349  Could hot water be the trigger for some of the shark attacks in NSW?As the state grapples with yet another mauling, this time at a surf break at Bombo Beach in Kiama on the South Coast, researchers have found a unique ..

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• Video reveals what REALLY happens when you get laser hair removal

  

  Hundreds of thousands of people across the country have had laser removal - but they've likely never seen it quite like this. Dr Derek Muller, 33, the Los Angeles-based host of YouTube channel Veritasium, takes on the popular cosmetic procedure in a new video using slow motion to show exactly how it works.Derek himself acts as a guinea pig for the procedure, getting a patch of dark hair on his shoulder zapped by a professional beautician in Santa Monica on camera.Scroll down for video  Zapped! A..

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• Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching more widespread than first thought, surveys reveal

  

  Photos taken from aerial surveys of the Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and Townsville on Wednesday. On average moderate bleaching was observed on all 74 reefs surveyed. Photo: Terry Hughes New aerial surveys have found the devastating coral bleaching event hitting the Great Barrier Reef has a larger footprint than initially thought.Professor Terry Hughes, who is part of a national coral bleaching taskforce, said research flights on Wednesday between Townsv..

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• Oxygen star stuns scientists

  

  Oxygen star stuns scientistsJohn RossThe AustralianApril 1, 2016 5:00AMSavePrint Higher Education reporterSydneyJohn Ross joined the Higher Education Section in 2011. A communications graduate from UTS, he has won several National Press Club awards including 2010 Higher Education Journalist of the Year.A white dwarf star has been found with an atmosphere of almost pure oxygen.Scientists are scratching their heads after finding a “white dwarf” star with an atmosphere of almost pure oxygen — a ph..

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