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Aussie horror named ‘most distressing’ ever

Aussie horror named ‘most distressing’ ever

It’s Halloween night and if you’re looking to be scared, science has crowned the scariest movies to ever grace the silver screen.

A big brown bat on a mossy cave wall. Photo: istock

Spooky bat discovery baffles scientists

In a discovery that hits that little bit harder as it gets closer to Halloween, six species of bats have left scientist gobsmacked.

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Alien ‘probe’ mystery to be solved this week

The mystery of whether a Manhattan-sized object whizzing through the solar system is an alien probe or simply a comet may be finally solved this week.

An “aggressive” monkey infected with COVID and multiple sexually transmitted diseases is running loose through Mississippi (left). An escaped monkey seen in Florida in May (right).

Herpes-infected monkey on loose after escape

The 20kg monkey has Covid, hepatitis C, and herpes and is “aggressive to humans”.

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Daring moment rescuers tackle baby dolphin tangled in fishing line

Daring moment rescuers tackle baby dolphin tangled in fishing line

Australian rescuers from the Sea World Foundation leapt from a boat and tackled a bottlenose dolphin calf entangled in a fishing line in order…

Koala goes for a stroll through bottle-o

Koala goes for a stroll through bottle-o

This is the delightful moment a koala wandered through the wine aisle of a supermarket in South Australia.

Joe Rogan watches 11th Starship launch live in Texas

Joe Rogan watches 11th Starship launch live in Texas

SpaceX successfully launched its 11th Starship test flight from Starbase, Texas

RSV Nuyina is the main lifeline to Australia’s Antarctic and sub-Antarctic research stations. Photo: Pete Harmsen

Aussie icebreaker’s scare on Antarctic trip

Australia’s $529m icebreaker vessel has made unexpected contact with the sea floor near Heard Island in the Antarctic.

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Why we can’t find ET after a century of clues

Truth about galaxies with ‘radio signals’

Scientists are grappling with a baffling reality: the universe should be teeming with advanced civilisations, yet we’ve detected absolutely nothing.

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Aerial view of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait of Far North Queensland, the most northern point of Queensland and Australia. Picture: Brendan Radke

Mates’ brave act after 14yo attacked by shark

A group of boys have been praised for their bravery after pulling their friend to safety following a shark attack while fishing.

Injured butterfly receives a wing transplant at wildlife centre

Injured butterfly receives a wing transplant at wildlife centre

An injured monarch butterfly was miraculously able to fly again after undergoing a wing transplant at a nature preserve in Long Island, New York….

Invisible asteroids pose threat to Earth

Invisible asteroids pose threat to Earth

Researchers at the Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) have discovered a population of asteroids that could pose a very serious threat to Earth….

Invisible asteroid pose threat to earth

‘Large-scale devastation’: Asteroids threat

An international study led by researchers at San Paulo State University have identified a population of asteroids that could pose a threat to Earth.

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This undated image provided by the University of Melbourne, shows Richard Robson, who was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. (Paul Burston, University of Melbourne via AP)

‘Harvest water from desert air‘: Aussie scientist’s Nobel win

Groundbreaking molecular ‘sponges’ that can pull water from desert air have earned their inventors the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, including Melbourne’s Richard Robson.

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