3rd September 2010

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Tag: science-and-technology

  • Remains of sick whale tested

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Samples from a whale that was put down in Albany yesterday are being sent to a laboratory for tests. The sick whale had been stuck on a sandbar in Princess Royal Harbour for two ... more

  • 200-year-old beer salvaged from shipwreck

    Created Fri, 3rd of Sep 2010

    Divers salvaged the world's oldest drinkable beer from a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, just days after work began to retrieve dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, local officials ... more

  • God didn't create the universe: Hawking

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published from a new book. In ... more

  • Icon_camera Ants use landmarks to navigate, study finds

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Ants travelling along a familiar route use their photographic memory to calculate how to stay on track, British researchers say. Their findings, published online this week in the Proceedings of ... more

  • Lantern find sheds light on Roman in the gloamin'

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    An intact Roman lantern made of bronze, believed by experts to be the only one of its kind in Britain, has been unearthed in a field by a metal-detecting enthusiast. The unique artefact, which ... more

  • Icon_camera Stranded whale to be blown up in harbour

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Authorities will this afternoon use an explosive charge to euthanase a 9.5-metre humpback whale stranded on Western Australia's south coast. The whale has been stranded in Albany's Princess Royal ... more

  • Birdwatchers banned from Aboriginal land

    Created Thu, 2nd of Sep 2010

    Traditional owners in Central Australia are denying birdwatchers access to Aboriginal land after twitchers allegedly broke the law by entering a private trust without a permit. The Central Land ... more

  • Water release revives Lowbidgee wetlands

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    After more than a decade of drought one of the Murray-Darling Basin's most important water bird breeding sites is now in full flood. Not only has recent rain replenished the struggling wetlands ... more

  • Icon_camera Cancer-related death for Cedric the devil

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    Researchers have euthanased a tasmanian devil that was thought to be immune from the deadly facial tumour disease. Cedric was born in captivity to parents from a healthy devil population. As ... more

  • Aussie gamer loses Playstation court fight

    Created Wed, 1st of Sep 2010

    A gamer who sued Sony over an upgrade that removed functions from his Playstation 3 console has lost a court claim against the company. Adelaide man Michael Trebilcock wanted $800 in compensation, ... more

  • Australia urged to invest in crop gene banks

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    Research organisation Biodiversity International's director general, Emile Frison, has urged the Federal Government to invest in genetic banks for the nation's crops. Delegates at the Crawford ... more

  • Broken Hill cinema gets 3D revamp

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    The Silver City Cinema in Broken Hill is set to become one of a few regional cinemas in Australia to be able to show 3D digital movies. The 3D equipment and a new silver screen are currently being ... more

  • Geneticist hopes to improve cattle breeding programs

    Created Tue, 31st of Aug 2010

    A Queensland Government scientist says he is conducting new research that could mean big changes to cattle breeding in Queensland. Rockhampton geneticist Dr Brian Burns is looking at traits in ... more

  • Bird group wants better species protection

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    Birds Australia says the organisation is imploring governments to think carefully about the development of their conservation policies. The organisation's secretary, Allan Briggs, says ... more

  • Icon_camera Scientists create whale ID parade

    Created Mon, 30th of Aug 2010

    A team of Australian scientists has developed a computer program that can help identify individual humpback whales through their markings. The technology is based on the most comprehensive ... more


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