Last Top Stories: Suspend Wollongong Coal's licence, say activists | Green Left Weekly

Suspend Wollongong Coal's licence, say activists | Green Left Weekly

Wollongong Coal has two coalmines in Sydney's water catchments — Russell Vale and Wongawilli — and is now seeking approval to triple-seam mine under the catchment for Sydney's drinking water. Triple-seam mining has never been tried before in ... >> view original

Wollongong father charged for pointing gun at children

A man has been charged after he allegedly pointed a gun at two of his children in a home south of Wollongong. Police say the 39 year old was seated on the couch of the Koonawarra home with a gun when the two children arrived home from school on ... >> view original

Sea Otters Use Tools, And Archaeologists Are On The Case

For a long time, we thought of tool use as the thing that made us human, but we actually share the ability with many other primates, as well as surprising animals like crows and sea otters. Some archaeologists are interested in studying sea otters' tools. >> view original

Interactive website lets you explore the International Space Station

A new website hosted by the European Space Agency allows viewers to tour the International Space Station. Photo Credit: ESA / NASA. Joe Latrell. July 26th, 2015. The European Space Agency (ESA ) has created an incredible interactive website that lets ... >> view original

Climate Warming Events Killed Off Woolly Mammoths, New Study Reveals

Published in Science magazine this week, the study conducted in Australia determined that large animals, or megafauna, of the last ice age, including woolly mammoths, short-faced bears, the giant sloth, and cave lions, largely went extinct because of ... >> view original

New Species Of Winged And Feathered Dinosaurs Found By Researchers In China

Researchers in China have previewed the a new fossil which happens to be was made a pitch for being relation of yours of Velociraptor. The new seek has absorbed a few appealing guidelines like 'fluffy feathered' 'poodle from hell' and 'dragon'. Nature ... >> view original

Fat sense: Scientists show we have a distinct taste for fat

Move over sweet and salty: Researchers say we have a distinct and basic taste for fat, too. AP Wire. washington. Jul 26, 2015. But it's nowhere near as delicious as it sounds. They propose expanding our taste palate to include fat along with sweet ... >> view original

Star-Struck

The following script is from "Star-Struck" which aired on March 22, 2015, and was rebroadcast on July 26, 2015. Charlie Rose is the correspondent. Robert Anderson and Aaron Weisz, producers. Forty-six years ago, astronauts landed on the moon and space ... >> view original

Synthetic Corals Can One Day Help Clean Oceans Of Industrial Pollution

Corals are efficient agents in absorbing mercury and ridding the ocean of heavy metals due to manufacturing and industrial processes. Researchers in China have developed a synthetic device that is as efficient in absorbing mercury but that is not at ... >> view original

Is Labor's 50% renewables target a joke?

When questioned yesterday by Andrew Bolt about Labor's 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030, Labor frontbencher and a public critic of the Renewable Energy Target several years ago, Joel Fitzgibbon, said: “it's not a policy – it's an aspiration”. >> view original