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Space nerds will love NASA’s new media library
NASA has launched a new searchable library of its out-of-this-world collection of space images, video and audio.
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Amazing footage of Cyclone Debbie from space
Cameras aboard NASA’s International Space Station captured this dramatic view of Cyclone Debbie as it intensified over the Coral Sea.
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Scientists want you to help them find Planet 9
A new project could allow a citizen scientist to lay claim to the first new planet discovered in our Solar System in over 150 years.
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Australian-developed malaria vaccine passes first human trials
The successful clinical trials are a big step in the worldwide effort to combat malaria, which kills around 500,000 people every year.
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Scientists to search for Tassie tigers in Queensland
Scientists are preparing to launch a search for the long-lost Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine) in Far North Queensland based on detailed descriptions of two plausible sightings.
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Sawfish are the ultimate stealth hunters, study finds
New research has shed light on the function of the distinctive ‘saw’ on sawfish – and how it enables the unusual species to sneak up on its prey.
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Kea playfulness is contagious, study finds
These New Zealand parrots are the first birds to demonstrate ‘contagious’ positive emotions – just like how humans can make each other laugh.
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Sighting of a lifetime: Night parrots found in WA
They were only rediscovered in 2013, and now a new population has been found in northern Western Australia, where the last confirmed sighting was over 100 years ago.
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Rare pygmy hippo born at Taronga Zoo
An endangered pygmy hippo calf has been born at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo for the first time in seven years.
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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with these gorgeous green photos
Flick through 10 of our favourite green-themed desktop wallpapers showcasing Australia’s stunning nature and wildlife – all free to download to decorate your PC desktop this St Patrick’s Day. Australia and Ireland have been linked by immigration for over 200 years. Over 40,000 Irish convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868, and many more arrived during the Potato Famine of 1845-52. Today, about 30 per cent of Australians are believed to have some Irish ancestry.