Strong earthquake strikes central Australia, no damage
March 24th, 2012 - 7:41 pm ICT by BNO News
ERNABELLA, Australia (BNO NEWS) -- The central region of Australia was struck by the country's largest earthquake in nearly 15 years on Friday evening, seismologists said, but there were no reports of ... Read more...
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Burrowing skink is reptilian world’s master builder
May 16th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 16 (IANS) Researchers have stumbled upon a community of reptilian master builders which has been constructing elaborate underground structures, creating a veritable city and a complex society.
The ... Read more...
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Aboriginal Aussies knew about meteors: Study
March 15th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 15 (ANI): While the night skies play important roles in many traditional cultures around the world, a new study has found that Aboriginal dreamtime folklores used to link meteorites to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Man who has DNA evidence of abduction by blonde female Asian aliens!
November 10th, 2010 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 10 (ANI): A man, who is set to be one of the guest speakers at a UFO conference in Central Australia early next year, has claimed that he was abducted ... Read more...
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Gondwana supercontinent underwent 60-degree rotation during Cambrian explosion
August 11th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): New evidence uncovered by a team of Yale University geologists has revealed that the Gondwana supercontinent underwent a 60-degree rotation across Earth's surface during the Early Cambrian period. ... Read more...
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French dancer performs strip show on top of Uluru
June 27th, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 27 (ANI): A French exotic dancer performed a strip show on top of Australia's most sacred rock.Alizee Sery, 25, walked to the top of Uluru and put on the ... Read more...
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Shocking state of ‘Outcast’ Aborigines Down Under revealed
February 13th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
Darwin (Australia), Feb.13 (ANI): It seems, that Australia's indigenous Aboriginal population continues to be maltreated, and are in effect, social outcastes in one of the world's largest and lesser populated continents.A visit ... Read more...
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Australia’s Aborigines may have been the world’s first astronomers
December 28th, 2009 - 3:48 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, December 28 (ANI): An astronomer from Sydney took inspiration from an aboriginal story about a star crashing to earth with a noise like thunder, to discover an ancient meteorite crater in ... Read more...
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Robbie Williams eyes Oz property ‘to hunt UFOs’
November 26th, 2009 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 26 (ANI): Singer Robbie Williams is said to be looking for a property in Australia's Northern Territory Outback to hunt Unidentified Flying Objects.The British pop star, who claims to ... Read more...
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Feral camels take over remote Australian township
November 26th, 2009 - 9:16 am ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 26 (DPA) A herd of 6,000 camels is terrorising the remote far-north Australian township of Docker River, Northern Territory Local Government Minister Rob Knight told the Darwin parliament.
He said Wednesday ... Read more...
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Dust storm blankets Sydney
September 23rd, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 23 (IANS) Residents in this Australian city woke up Wednesday to an eerie red haze, said to be the worst in the past 70 years, causing commuter chaos and cancellation ... Read more...
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Australian aborigines demand UN refugee status
August 26th, 2009 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 26 (ANI): A group of Australian aborigines has requested the United Nations to grant them refugee status.The aborigines allege that they have been displaced in their own land due ... Read more...
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Oz desert town soon to have an ice skating rink
August 26th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, August 26 (ANI): While the mercury will be topping 40 degrees during the school holidays, kids in a desert town in Australia will be seen wrapping on a scarf and a ... Read more...
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Camels play it cool during sex, literally
July 16th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): When it comes to camels, staying cool may be the key to reproductive success, according to a new research.Scientists working in Central Australia have found male camels have ... Read more...
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Termites can help miners locate gold, diamond reserves
May 8th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 8 (ANI): Termites could easily be called a miner's best friend, for a researcher has said that these insects can help locate gold and diamond reserves saving both money and ... Read more...
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4 baby Stimson’s pythons ground Qantas plane in Melbourne
April 16th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 16 (ANI): Four baby snakes prevented a Qantas plane in Melbourne from flying after they attempted to get free from a flight from Alice Springs.The bizarre incident occurred when ... Read more...
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Chemical equator keeps away polluted air from Antarcticas atmosphere
September 24th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 24 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a chemical equator just north of Australia that divides polluted air from South-East Asia from the largely uncontaminated atmosphere of the Southern Ocean that ... Read more...
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