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Contract killer sentenced to 24 years' jail for arson murder of Wollongong ...

A contract killer who set fire to a house to murder a Wollongong solicitor in 2011 will spend at least 24 years behind bars. Bernard Justin Spicer was the last of four people to be sentenced for the murder of Katie Foreman. The court was told Spicer ... >> view original

Wollongong woman's volunteer service recognised

Woonona's Cassie Hassall is chuffed to receive official recognition for 20 years of volunteer service for Vision Australia. The 53-year-old has used her vision impairment to motivate others and raise awareness for the charity, and will have her ... >> view original

Wollongong rooftop bar humming along

While the venue's ground-level cafe has traded since January, the opening of the bar levels was held up by state liquor authorities, which cited high levels of alcohol-related violence in the area and a possible oversaturation of bars in Wollongong. Mr ... >> view original

Top five 'firsts' in human space exploration

AS much as human exploration of space is said to bring us together as a species, our competitive spirit has driven our best efforts. So who, or what, got there first? 1. The first human-made object in space. While the Paris Gun and unfortunate sewer covers ... >> view original

Lomborg's think tank looking for a home

Bjorn Lomborg says he is confident the Australia Consensus Centre will go ahead. Ben Rushton. by Tim Dodd. Who would have thought there would $4 million up for grabs for an Australian university? Education Minister Christopher Pyne has put that amount ... >> view original

Lightning Ridge opal miner says having dinosaur named after him will 'make him ...

Opal miner Bob Foster is none too pleased at the prospect of having a new species of dinosaur bear his name 30 years after he discovered its fossilised remains. Back in 1985, Bob Foster had no interest in dinosaurs — his only concern was striking it lucky in ... >> view original

Are climate scientists cowed by sceptics?

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change members present the new climate report in Berlin in Germany in April 2014. Photograph: Joerg Carstensen/Corbis. Ed King for RTCC, part of the Guardian's Environment Network. Friday 15 May 2015 12.41 EDT. >> view original

Science Guy Bill Nye opens Kickstarter campaign for spacecraft - Las Vegas Review

Bill Nye The Science Guy discusses oil spill science on CNN's John King USA. (CNN). image. By JILLIAN EUGENIOS CNN. In the future, humans may be able to sail through the universe to discover new lands, much like the early explorers on Earth. >> view original

Distant light might hold the key to why the universe is filled with matter

EVERYTHING we see, touch and experience is made up of matter but for the longest time scientists had no idea why it existed. Now they may have found an answer. NASA's Fermi space telescope has detected high-energy light linked to a magnetic field that ... >> view original

Global warming established with detection of atmosphere hotspot

Strong warming detected in the upper troposphere has sealed the debate on global warming. The hotspot detected was expected and appears in many climate models. Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science have produced ... >> view original