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Millennia-old mummy uncovered
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered the well-preserved body of a 3200-year-old nobleman inside a brightly painted sarcophagus in Egypt.
Supermoon? It’s just lunacy
CAUGHT up by the supermoon hype? You’ve been conned. But make sure you enjoy the sight anyway. It’s certainly going to be magic.
Building the Buzz for Mars
RADIATION sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.
Strap yourself in. We’re off to Mars
IT’S the greatest challenge mankind has ever undertaken, but a human expedition to Mars is looking less science fiction and more science fact.
Deer smashes through shop window
WATCH VIDEO: A deer that became trapped inside a US store made a dramatic exit when it came crashing through the front window.
‘The universe is tearing itself apart’
THE universe is set to be destroyed in a “big rip” which will suck the whole of reality into a dreadful nightmarish vortex of nothingness.
Is this the world’s dumbest selfie?
CHECK out these toothy grins as thrillseeking tourists grab some selfies with huge great white sharks in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
What life on Mars will look like
THE first ever Mars show home opened in London today — giving a glimpse of how colonisers might live on the Red Planet less than two decades from now.
Man’s hour long fight with goat
A MAN has been taken to hospital with dehydration after being attacked by a goat for about an hour at a Queensland property.
How dark matter killed off the dinosaurs
FROM extra dimensions to comet-slinging disks of dark matter. It’s no wonder Dr Lisa Randall has been dubbed “America’s superstar scientist”.
Whale an ‘evolutionary throwback’
A RARE beaked whale found on a South Australian beach has left scientists baffled after it was discovered sporting two mysterious extra teeth.
Amazing look at our early settlers’ lives
AN archaeological dig in SA’s Mid North has dug up remarkable artefacts of the state’s earliest Irish settlers, revealing new facts about their hard life.
NASA’s best pictures from outer space
TODAY is Astronomy Day, so to celebrate we have put together a gallery of the best images from NASA’s Hubble Telescope
Diamond rush uncovers ancient secret
IT IS every archaeologists dream — the discovery of a missing ship which disappeared more than 500 years ago with a treasure chest of gold on-board.
Everything you need to know about sloths
AFTER visiting a wildlife reserve in Panama, we learnt so much about the majestic creatures known as sloths. Here are eight facts you might not have known.
Is this frog incredibly hung?
PICTURES of a frog with incredibly large penis are making the rounds on social media. But is everything as it seems? WARNING: Strange pictures.
King Tut tomb scan report leaked
EGYPT has a problem. Leaked reports reveal there are no hidden chambers inside King Tutankhamun’s tomb. So how will they break the news to an excited world?
Secret US military space plane remains mystery
A SECRET US military space plane X-37B has been orbiting the Earth for almost a year and we still don’t why, but there are a few theories.
Space dust rewrites our history
ANCIENT flecks of space dust found in the Pilbara have given us an insight into the world billions of years ago.
Space dust rewrites Earth history
ANALYSIS of ancient flecks of space dust found in the Pilbara has revealed that the Earth had something 2.7 billion years ago.
Aussie battle-axe is world’s oldest
IN a major archaeological breakthrough, the world’s oldest battle-axe has been found in Australia. (No mother-in-law jokes, please.)
Australian axe ‘rewriting history’
RESEARCHERS say the discovery of a 48,000-year-old tool, created by early Australians, has rewritten history.
Nine new planets ‘could sustain life’
NASA has discovered a huge new trove of planets outside our solar system. Nine of them could be capable of supporting life.
Diver cuddles shark in incredible video
AMAZING footage shows a shark swimming straight at a scuba diver — but in a Jaws-dropping twist, goes in for a hug.
Treasure hunters begin Nazi train dig
TREASURE hunters have begun to dig at the site they believe a Nazi train full of gold and precious objects was buried in the desperate final weeks of World War II.
‘Tomorrow could go down in history books’
NASA has scheduled a press conference with scientists expected to make an announcement about the agency’s search for Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.
Planets line up in rare ‘phenomenon’
IT’S an event that happens just a dozen or so times per century; and overnight, the world was treated to a celestial phenomenon.
‘Tore at her neck with their teeth’
A WOMAN has been horribly injured after she was mauled by a pack of wild animals most Australians have never seen or heard of.
Cat pic creeping out the internet
THE internet loves a good cat picture, but it seems people lost it over this seemingly innocent photo of a cat. Or is it two cats?
