Superb fossils of 30-million-year-old plants found in Australia
The researchers determined that for such excellent preservation, the plants must have been quickly buried under volcanic material. Scientists have found amazing plant fossils / Geoff Thompson…
Scientists have spotted an animal that was thought to be long extinct
Conservationists are delighted to see a possum on camera as it means their efforts to reintroduce the animal have been successful. An extinct animal has been revived…
Not only the USA and Britain: Biden revealed details of the attack on Houthi targets in Yemen
The attack was carried out with the support of a number of other countries. Biden commented on the US and British strike against the Houthis in Yemen…
In Australia, a radioactive capsule was lost, people were warned of serious danger
The capsule emits “a considerable amount of radiation” equal to the natural radiation a person is exposed to in a year. A radioactive capsule was lost in…
The largest frog was found in Australia: the poisonous monster shocked with its size (photo)
The park supervisors did not immediately believe that they were seeing a real frog. The “monster” is six times the size of the average frog / screenshot…
A crypto trader from Australia, who traded almost $2 billion in a year, still lives with his mother
Would you live with your parents if you made billions of dollars in cryptocurrency? We help A modest 25-year-old crypto trader from Australia, Darren Nguyen, decided not…
In Australia, the construction of the world’s largest radio telescope SKA has begun – it will help in the study of the early universe and dark energy
Australia has begun construction of its part of the radio telescope as part of the international Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project. According to the plan of the…
Feathers, rhinestones and a huge train: what is known about the outrageous outfit of the representative of Australia at Eurovision
On May 12, the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in the Italian city of Turin. Representatives of 18 countries performed on the…
How Ukrainians get to Australia during the war: instructions on how to apply for a visa
More than 5,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war received temporary humanitarian visas to Australia. Instructions on how to get a visa to Australia – in the material…
Australia provides Ukraine with howitzers and ammunition (photo)
Australia hands over 155mm M-777 howitzers to Ukraine. This new support for Ukraine of $26.7 million brings Australia’s total military defense contribution to Ukraine to more than…
Barry Humphries live: the irreverent old wizard of Oz remains a wonder, possums
It’s almost 10 years since Barry Humphries delivered what looked like his last theatrical hurrah – Eat Pray Laugh! That was a swansong celebration of the enduring…
The rise of the ‘silver migration’: the secret to the perfect holiday for 60-somethings
Remember those two-week holidays when you wished you could’ve stayed longer? When you dreamt of spending days on end getting lost in the streets of a new…
What’s Xi Jinping really thinking? Ask Kevin Rudd, ex-PM of Australia and fluent Mandarin speaker
An ageing dictator, looking to his legacy, pushes the button on a long-planned invasion of a smaller neighbour. The fiction of an “international community” is quickly exposed:…
‘Google it, mate’: Politician hits back at journalist’s ‘gotcha’ question
The leader of Australia’s Greens party told a journalist to “Google it, mate” in response to a question about wages, amid an election campaign in which politicians…
Meet Australia’s answer to Donald Trump, the unvaccinated billionaire hoping to stop Labor from winning
The man behind one of the most expensive election campaigns in Australia’s history happily admits that he is on a mission to disrupt Australian politics by any…
The best bold red wines on the high street
I wonder how many people buy a bottle of shiraz without realising it is also a bottle of syrah. Plenty of grapes go under various synonyms of…
How scary, sweary soprano Nellie Melba ‘put Australia on the map’
Disdaining mealy-mouthed modesty, Nellie Melba liked to claim she had “put Australia on the map”. Such bravado wasn’t baseless: this opera soprano, born Helen Mitchell in Melbourne…
How scary, sweary soprano Nellie Melba ‘put Australia on the map’
Disdaining mealy-mouthed modesty, Nellie Melba liked to claim she had “put Australia on the map”. Such bravado wasn’t baseless: this opera soprano, born Helen Mitchell in Melbourne…
The trick to having five holidays for the price of one
The beach holiday: Isla Holbox Just off the Yucatán peninsula’s steamy north coast, Holbox is a 25-mile long sandbar with a gorgeous beach and warm, still waters….
The rise of the omni-trip – how to have five holidays in one place
The beach holiday: Isla Holbox Just off the Yucatán peninsula’s steamy north coast, Holbox is a 25-mile long sandbar with a gorgeous beach and warm, still waters….
Why it’s the perfect time to try an exciting new wine
There’s another aspect, apart from the obvious one of saving pennies or pounds, that I like about buying wines on special offer. It’s that they might tempt…
Australia boosts defence forces by 30pc in ‘biggest military increase since the Vietnam War’
Australia will boost its defence forces by some 30 per cent by 2040, Scott Morrison said on Thursday, describing it as the country’s largest military build-up in…
Australia floods: National emergency declared as delivery driver becomes latest to die
Accused of banning television cameras during visits to flood-affected communities in northern New South Wales, he said he wanted to protect the privacy of those he spoke…
What it’s like to scale mountains – hungover – with record-breaking climber Nims Purja
What’s more, he was relatively late to the sport, having served in the British Army with the Gurkhas, before a stint in the Special Boat Service, the…
Australia floods: Tens of thousands of people in Sydney flee their homes
Flood warnings stretched across Australia’s east coast on Tuesday and tens of thousands of Sydney residents fled their homes overnight as torrential rains again pummelled the country’s…