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Wind helps move Bali ash cloud away

AIRLINES are now looking to add flights to and from Bali as a change of wind helps to push away the ash cloud that has repeatedly closed airports. The cloud is now expected to clear by early Monday afternoon. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Chris ... >> view original

First digital map of seafloor reveals kaleidoscope of diversity

The Earth's seafloor is far more diverse than previously thought, with the first digital map of the planet's deep sea geological seascape revealing a kaleidoscope of diversity. It is only the second map of the seafloor, which covers 70 per cent of the ... >> view original

Was Queen Nefertiti hidden in King Tutankhamun's tomb all along?

Almost a century after Howard Carter swept away three millennia of dust and rubble to open the tomb of King Tutankhamun, you might think it would have yielded up all its mysteries. You would be very wrong, according to a new theory advanced by a ... >> view original

Conservation battle to protect elusive Night Parrot

Queensland conservationists are establishing a secret reserve to protect the elusive night parrot, thought to be extinct 100 years ago. Images of the small, ground-dwelling, green and gold bird were snapped in 2013, in a discovery researchers described ... >> view original

Climate change: CSIRO axes annual attitudes survey, delays 2014 results

The CSIRO has cancelled its annual survey of Australians' attitudes to climate change and won't release the results of its 2014 study until late this year. The delay, says Labor, means the public will miss out on information that counters the Abbott ... >> view original

World population to cross 11 billion by the end of the century

There will be no end to world population growth in this century, says the UN, adding that the world's population will increase from 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion at the century's end. Asia, with a current population of 4.4 ... >> view original

Natalie Isaacs says climate change is a ''hot button issue for women". Photo ...

If the climate change debate wasn't polarised enough, another divide has opened up: the attitudes of men versus those of women. Climate Institute research published on Monday confirms Australian men are more likely than women to believe climate change ... >> view original

Migaloo: Sightings of famous white whale likely to become rarer, expert says

The famous albino whale Migaloo is likely to be spotted less frequently off the Queensland coast as he matures and swims further offshore, an authority on marine life says. Whale watchers thought they spotted the rare whale off the Gold Coast Seaway ... >> view original

'New species' of gliding possum found in northern Australia

Researchers looking for sugar gliders in northern Australia say they may have stumbled upon a new species of the possum. Vine: The 'new species' of gliding possum. The unnamed marsupial has a much longer and thinner face than a sugar glider, ... >> view original

'Universe is Slowly Dying,' Say Australian Researchers

Sydney: The universe is dying but there is no need to panic as there is still about 100 billion years to go, reveals a group of Australian researchers. Researchers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Australia have ... >> view original