BLOGTHIS! HENRY Cavill. Jay Leno. The late Kirk Douglas. American Dad. Humans are the only primates with a chin. Dimples, optional extras. No other human species developed a chin, not even Neanderthals, leaving scientists to wonder why we have one…
THE oldest evidence of shark-like fishes includes a few tiny scales fossilised more than 420 million years ago near Alice Springs in central Australia. Identical to scales in living sharks, they are older than trees, insects and the rings of…
THE department of primary industries and regional development cannot explain why it cleared the Moreton bay fig tree at 195 High Street of shot-hole borer a day after its pest and disease experts said it was infected. On April 29,…
THE lights dimmed, temperatures dropped and dusty dogs turned tail today when the Moon blocked out the Sun for 62 seconds in the first total solar eclipse in WA in nearly 50 years. Even the stars and planets appeared in…
BlogThis Freo. Eclipse chasers travelling north to Exmouth to view the total solar eclipse this week get a free coffee courtesy of the busy roadhouses along more than 10,000km of the North West Coastal Highway. Caravans, 4WDs and families towing…
GIANT squid, albino killer whales, sea serpents and Loch Ness-like creatures have occupied Earth’s oceans, rivers and lakes for the past 600 million years. And while most ‘monsters’ on land have been found, much of the deep ocean remains unexplored.…
A RADIO telescope near Geraldton has identified the remnants of a supernova which exploded about 9000 years ago when it would have been visible to indigenous people in Australia. University of Melbourne cultural astronomer Duane Hamacher said some Aboriginal traditions…
A NEW study of ancient snake fossils reveal the legless serpents had hind legs during the first 70 million years of their evolution. They also show how it got its bite. “Snakes are famously legless, but then so are many…
