Science News
Glorious victory for ‘Boaty McBoatface’
AHH, democracy at work. The public was asked to name a new ship, and it came up with something perfect. But the people’s will could still be subverted.
Woman jumps into tiger enclosure
JUST days after a zookeeper was mauled to death by a tiger in Florida, another woman has jumped into a tiger enclosure — to retrieve her hat.
Endangered seals get special plane ride
A U.S. Coast Guard aeroplane rumbled down an airstrip on Hawaii’s Big Island, carrying hundreds of pounds of rare and precious cargo.
Cat shot 30 times survives
IN a shocking case of animal cruelty, a cat has used every one of her nine lives after being shot 30 times, and still managing to live.
’I refuse to accept death is inevitable’
WHAT if you were told you could be immortal? Welcome to the Church of Perpetual Life, whose members believe they will literally cheat death forever.
Anarchist chimp goes rogue, escapes zoo
A ROGUE chimpanzee has shown why his favourite television show is Prison Break after escaping from a zoo in northern Japan.
Mysterious sphere unearthed in forest
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found a giant mysterious sphere embedded in the ground in Bosnia, which is believed to be proof of a lost ancient civilisation.
The El Chapo of the octopus world
INKY the octopus has busted out of New Zealand’s National Aquarium and back into the Pacific Ocean in spectacular fashion.
Everything about the Bible could be wrong
Archaeologists and mathematicians in Israel have unearthed evidence that could suggest something strange about key biblical texts.
Mummy found ‘wearing Adidas’
A 1500-YEAR-OLD mummy seems to be way ahead of its time. It was unearthed wearing what appear to be Adidas trainers.
Ancient puzzle solved from space
THE ancient mystery of spiralling holes carefully constructed across the barren valleys of southern Peru has finally been solved.
Hawking in bid to find space life
STEPHEN Hawking has joined Mark Zuckerberg and a Russian billionaire with a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space.
Giant ‘Ratzilla’ caught outside home
A MASSIVE rat has left residents of a quiet town terrified, amid fears that a plague could soon be roaming their local streets.
NASA scrambles to save spacecraft
NASA is trying to resuscitate its planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft, in a state of emergency 75 million miles away.
Exploding stars left behind clues
DURING the past 10 million years, a series of stars in the Earth’s neighbourhood exploded, raining a radioactive form of iron into our oceans.
SpaceX lands rocket on ocean platform
AFTER four failed bids, SpaceX finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea but not before launching cargo to space.
The future of space accommodation
A NEW attachable room is touted as changing the entire dynamic for human habitation in space, paving the way for settlements on the Moon and Mars.
Dogs caught on camera flying plane
IT MIGHT sound barking mad, but it turns out dogs can fly. And do tricks at the same time. Watch what happens.
University academic’s embarrassing email
A UNIVERSITY academic who disagreed with a paper he received from an independent scientist, responded with a really bizarre email.
Hunters kill ‘dinosaur-sized’ alligator
A GIGANTIC five-metre long alligator was shot and killed after it was found to be “feasting” on local cattle. This photo shows the scale of it.
Strange new place we’re looking for aliens
AFTER years of neglect, telescopes are focused on some of the oldest stars in our galaxy amid new hope of finding intelligent civilisations.
What we need to do to stop bikie crime
QUEENSLAND’S tough bikie laws have collapsed in tatters. But far from giving the gangs the green light, critics say the laws were useless in the first place.
Discovery could rewrite history
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have used satellite imagery to identify a site in Newfoundland that could be the first new Viking site in over 50 years.
Mysterious ‘alien fish’ identified
THE mystery behind the bizarre creature pulled from the ocean earlier this week has been solved, with experts revealing the identity of the “alien fish.”
Amazing photos of space from Earth
THESE are just some of the awe-inspiring images of our universe which feature in this year’s Astronomy Photographer Of The Year competition.
More scans needed for King Tut’s tomb
EGYPT’S antiquities minister has announced more tests are needed before experts can confirm there is a secret chamber in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The alien tribe time has forgot
A FINGERBONE. Two teeth. A shard of a 40,000-year-old bracelet. These are all that remain of an alien race of hominids that once inhabited Siberia.
Huge shark spotted beside surfers
SOME say the word “shark” was invented by a surfer who didn’t know which expletive to use when he saw one — but Zach Keen remembers the exact word he and a dozen other boardriders used yesterday.
First alien planet ‘mapped’
HELL has an address: 55 Cancri-e is the first alien planet to have some of its surface features directly observed. It’s no tropical paradise.
