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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.

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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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WA Police have released footage of the suspected space junk, which lay on the middle of the road, as lightning cracked in the background.

Eerie moment cops inspect space junk

It could have been a scene from a science fiction film as police dressed in protective gear inspected the debris that landed at a remote mining site.

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‘Unmitigated disaster’: Bid to keep cats inside

A big change could be on the way for cat owners in one Australian state if new laws set to be introduced by the Greens are passed.

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‘Unmitigated disaster’: Bid to keep cats inside

A big change could be on the way for cat owners in one Australian state if new laws set to be introduced by the Greens are passed.

SYDNEY AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, 01 JUNE, 2023: Bawinya the baby koala at Symbio Zoo in Helensburgh.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

Shock claim about koala threat

An independent report by the NSW government found “no significant effect” from selective logging on male koala density.

Runaway ostrich sprints through traffic after escaping from Chinese restaurant

Runaway ostrich sprints through traffic after escaping from Chinese restaurant

The ostrich and another bird escaped from a soup pot restaurant, where they were kept in a cage for display

Shirakawa-go and orion meteor showers

75 year phenomenon lights up Aussie skies

A meteor shower will hit southern skies this week, following in the wake of a famous comet. Here’s the best way to see it yourself.

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Mysterious object crashes in remote Aus

Update after miners make shocking discovery

A burning object discovered by mine workers in remote Australia has sparked a multi-agency probe, with cops suspecting it could be debris from space.

Art for crocodile in hotel pool.

Hotel guest stunned ‘no one cares’ croc in pool

A woman was laying by the pool at a five-star Queensland hotel when she made a shocking discovery that did not seem to bother other guests nearby.

The concept may seem simple, but for over two centuries the best of the best scientists had it very wrong. Here’s the slippery truth.

‘Simply too cold’: Scientists had it wrong

The concept may seem simple, but for over two centuries the best of the best scientists had it very wrong. Here’s the slippery truth.

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‘Playing God’: Extinct animals to walk again

From the dodo to the Tasmanian tiger, the race to resurrect extinct species is heating up. It may be “playing God”, but one firm says there’s a life-and-death reason.

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