Billionaire space war erupts, huge Bezos act
Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has launched a Blue Origin rocket in a huge move to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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Why BMI could be a thing of the past
A new approach to detecting and treating obesity could help in the prevention, management and treatment in adults and children living with obesity, new research says.
Call for tourist ban on Aussie island
Residents south of Perth have called on the state government to ban visitors to a popular island to protect a species whose numbers have dwindled by 97 per cent.
‘Forever surfing’: Shark victim farewelled
A missing surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack has been remembered for his “extraordinary life” as the search for his body ends.
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Zookeeper films his own mauling death
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Zookeeper films his own death in tragic mauling
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20 orphan joeys take shelter from fires in living room
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Tourist unfazed by swarm of nurse sharks
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‘Power dive’: stowaway possum’s bizarre act in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf
A group of summer sailors in New Zealand were left stunned after a stowaway possum performed a bizarre aquatic act.
Giant rats scurry through Aussie food court
Shocking footage shows several huge rodents running wild at Parramatta Westfield.
‘Act immediately’: Fires threaten new front
Residents have been told they are in danger and must act immediately to survive as fires are raging at opposite ends of the country.
Woman swings her handbag to fight off angry ostrich
Khone Khone, 42, was about to leave the home after visiting her friend when the one-year-old bird attacked her in Savannakhet, Laos
Hot tub hijinks as black bear opens lid and drinks from jacuzzi
Residents of a cabin watched in awe as black bears wandered onto their balcony and pried open the lid of a hot tub to take a drink from it.
Eerie drone footage captures a dozen sharks circling fishing boat in QLD
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