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Charles lets rip at 'headless chicken brigade'

PRINCE Charles has been known to speak his mind on occasion. This is undoubtedly one such occasion. Who did Charles label "the headless chicken brigade"?

Charles slams climate change deniers

PRINCE Charles has called people who deny human-made climate change a "headless chicken brigade'' who are ignoring overwhelming scientific evidence.

Desperate attempt to save 74 trapped in ice

Desperate attempt to save 74 trapped in ice

STRANDED passengers onboard a ship wedged in Antarctic sea ice are hours away from knowing if a second rescue attempt will fail like the first one.

Why the Great Barrier Reef could disappear by 2100

Why the Great Barrier Reef could disappear by 2100

GET your snorkel on quick, the Great Barrier Reef could be killed off by as soon as 2100 according to a new study.

Giant life form spotted off coast

WE DON'T mean to alarm you, but a living thing with tentacles more than 100km wide has been spotted by satellites off the coast of Australia.

Attenborough's secret despair

NATURE'S not all cute furry animals and exotic landscapes, Sir David Attenborough has revealed. It's also full of lies, murder and downright meanness.

Warning: There's a new kind of super-cockroach

Warning: There's a new kind of super...

WE KNOW they can resist nuclear explosions but now these creepy crawlies with special new abilities have arrived in one of the world's biggest cities.

Scientists find fresh water...beneath the ocean

Scientists find fresh water...beneath the ocean

SCIENTISTS have discovered vast reserves of fresh water in a rather surprising place - beneath the ocean.

Bushfires deadlier, more destructive

Bushfires deadlier, more destructive

BUSHFIRES are almost twenty times more deadly and eighty times more destructive than a century ago - and experts warn worse is to come.

Ford's solar-powered hybrid car

Ford's solar-powered hyb...

FORD is unveiling a solar-powered car at an international motor show next week, and it doesn't look like a science fiction prop!

Scientists find fresh water...beneath the ocean

Scientists find fresh water...beneath the ocean

SCIENTISTS have discovered vast reserves of fresh water in a rather surprising place - beneath the ocean.

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Drone to check Japan nuke plant radiation

A radiation-measuring drone during a trial flight in Japan

A DRONE that allows scientists to gather exact radiation figures has been launched near the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

Ford's solar-powered hybrid car

Ford's solar-powered hyb...

FORD is unveiling a solar-powered car at an international motor show next week, and it doesn't look like a science fiction prop!

Lid on rising petrol profits: ACCC

Lid on rising petrol profits: ACCC

PETROL retailing profits are at twice usual levels yet the competition watchdog thinks new shopper docket limits should put a "lid" on earnings.