From science teacher to survivalist
HE LEFT his job as a science teacher to endure some of Australia and New Zealand’s most hostile environments. But what made Phil Breslin go rogue?
Environment
Has the mining industry fudged its figures?
MINING job figures being spruiked to justify new developments that put the Great Barrier Reef at risk have been referred to the ACCC.
This is Australia’s terrifying future
LIFE in Australia is pretty comfortable now – but that could be about to change. This is what lies in store for our future.
The bizarre world of Venus flytrap poaching
THERE is some serious poaching taking place and it has nothing to do with elephants or rhinos. Believe it or not, there is a sinister world of Venus flytrap poaching.
There’s a blizzard a comin’!
IN THE wake of New York’s monstrous weather event, resident have taken to Twitter. There has been a wide variety of tweets and we have compiled the best.
Water isn’t supposed to look like this
THE glow might look beautiful at first, but these fluorescent blue patches of water have an ugly and potentially toxic side.
Asteralia Day: Huge Asteroid passing Earth
DID you catch a glimpse of the of the giant asteroid passing Earth this morning? If not, there is still an opportunity.
42 surprising facts about Australia
HOW much do you know about the country you live in? Not enough says stat man Mark McCrindle who has compiled this ultimate list for news.com.au.
It’s hot. Really hot. But not record breaking
UPDATE FIFTY degrees. Yes, 50. That was what the mercury threatened to reach in WA today. It was so close. But it didn’t quite make it.
‘Global catastrophe is very high’
A GROUP of scientists founded by the creators of the atomic bomb say the world is now three minutes from a catastrophic midnight and the closest it has been in 30 years.
Why Australia Day’s going to suck
GET swatting like you’ve never swatted before. This Australia Day could be the start of an unimaginably awful mosquito plague. This is why.
Today could be the hottest ever
TOWNS in some parts of Australia are warned to brace for near 50C temperatures. It may go down as the hottest day in the nation’s history.
Turn your loved one into a tree
A SPANISH company is offering clients the opportunity for life after death. Well, sort of.
‘Prehistoric’ shark reeled in
FISHERMAN on Victorian waters could not believe their eyes when they hauled in a two metre creature that looked as much like a shark as an eel. A catch like it has never been recorded in the area.
Wet mystery: Why it smells after it rains
IT’S A smell as familiar to Australians in summer as sunscreen and barbecues. But no one has really been able to say why it smells after it rains. Until now.
‘They’re truly in their last gasp’
ICE climber Will Gadd was on a mission to conquer the world’s most impressive ice glacier. But his real challenge was a race against climate change.
There’s gold in your, well…
IT is the most unlikely of places to strike a fortune but scientists say they have found heaps of gold in sewage.
How we are pushing Earth to its limits
SCIENTISTS fear the Earth could cease to be a “safe operating space” for humans to live by as early as 2050.
2014 officially our hottest year yet
IT MAY seem like we’re hearing this more and more, but 2014 was the hottest year on the planet since we started recording temperatures 135 years ago. So how did Australia compare in the sizzling year?
The only thing at this shopping centre is fish
THESE images look like something out of a futuristic doomsday tale. But while there are no shoppers in sight, it’s brimming with life.
2014 the hottest year in modern history
RECORD-breaking temperatures scorched the planet last year, making 2014 the hottest in more than a century, scientists have confirmed.
Are we in a new geological age?
HUMAN impact on our planet has been so strong that scientists argue we’ve created a new geological layer to Earth.
Is this going to stop mining?
A NEW threat to mining has emerged and is giving supporters of one of the largest mining developments in Australia a huge headache.
Are these countries facing an apocalypse?
THESE are the startling images which could show the countries most at risk of facing an apocalypse of cataclysmic proportions.
Aussie supersoaker: ‘It’s the perfect storm’
IN A massive display of Mother Nature’s raw power, a surge of water appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the outback and the coast is next.
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