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Five ancient copper coins and a map with an “X” might lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia’s history. Australian soldier, Maurie Isenberg was stationed on one of the Wessel Islands in WW2 to man a radar station and spent his spare time fishing on the idyllic beaches. While …
NASA captures meteor impacting with the mooon
A Nasa telescope captures the moment a 40kg (88lb) rock crashes into the moon’s surface on Friday. The impact caused a flash 10 times brighter than any other Nasa has seen since it began monitoring the lunar surface eight years ago. Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite is now hunting for …
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Great Cats In History: Gallantry under fire – Simon, of HMS Amethyst
The cats of Stonecutters Island were well known for becoming ships’ cats, and George decided to smuggle the waif aboard. To avoid the man on watch, he concealed the cat under his tunic and took him to his tiny space — hardly a cabin — which served as his accommodation. …
Great cats in history: Most Prolific Mouser – Towser of Glenturret Distillery
The Glenturret Distillery, near Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland, is the oldest working Scotch-whisky distillery in the country and home of the world-renowned Famous Grouse whisky. Barley stored in a distillery ready for whisky making is a big attraction for mice, and so for many years Glenturret has kept a cat …
Travel in presidential style
What do you buy the person who has everything? How about a presidential plane? Slightly used, but would still look great parked out front, Air Force One can be yours for just $50,000. The General Services Administration is auctioning off a DC-9 aircraft that once served as the president’s official …
Coming to a sky (maybe) near you
For the second time in six months, Australia will be treated to a solar eclipse on 10 May when a ring of fire will appear across a narrow band of locations in northern Australia. From there it passes over Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Gilbert Islands before reaching …
Replace drones with these and war will be cancelled
Cold, readily available drinks at music festivals are nothing short of paradise. Alternately, the prospect of having to queue tirelessly for food and drink while absenting yourself from the music is infuriating. So imagine a world where you never had to leave the stage – at the click of the …
Aussie piracy talks grind to a halt
Talks between Australian Internet service providers and rightsholders aimed at finding a way through the thorny issue of online piracy stumbled last year. Now they’ve ground to a halt. When three years of discussions yielded no results, in November 2008 Hollywood movie studios under the banner of the Australian Federation …
PAX AUS, Jul 19-21, 2013
In 2004, the folks at Penny Arcade decided they wanted a show exclusively for gaming. Sure, comics, anime, and other nerd hobbies were cool, and those activities all had their own shows… so what about games? From that idea spawned a small 4,500 person event in Bellevue, Washington, focused on …
The Ourang Medan
According to widely circulated reports, in June of 1947 — or, according to alternate accounts, February of 1948 — multiple ships traversing the trade routes of the straits of Malacca, which is located between the sun drenched shores of Sumatra and Malaysia, claimed to have picked up a series of …
Printed Bionic Ear Enhances Human Hearing Beyond Normal Range
The Terminator may actually be able to exist–or at least part of him. Scientists have actually succeeded in printing a bionic ear that can “hear” radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capabilities. The ear looks a bit like a pink piece of ear-shaped Jell-O with a curling …
Energy Efficient Brain Simulator Outperforms Supercomputers
April 24, 2013 In November 2012, IBM announced that it had used the Blue Gene/Q Sequoia supercomputer to achieve an unprecedented simulation of more than 530 billion neurons. The Blue Gene/Q Sequoia accomplished this feat thanks to its blazing fast speed; it clocks in at over 16 quadrillion calculations per …
Golden BALLS found under Mexican pyramid
IN A discovery set to delight alien invasion enthusiasts, 1800-year-old, once-metallic orbs have been found under an ancient pyramid in Mexico City. The spheres, covered in pyrite, or fool’s gold, are interesting on their own but the fact that they were found deliberately buried under a pyramid in the ancient …
Oh, but don’t vaccines cause autism?
Apr. 24, 2013 — A first-ever vaccine created by University of Guelph researchers for gut bacteria common in autistic children may also help control some autism symptoms. The groundbreaking study by Brittany Pequegnat and Guelph chemistry professor Mario Monteiro appears this month in the journal Vaccine. They developed a carbohydrate-based …
Cyber Sex just hit a new level
In creepy sex toy news, Durex has invented an app that lets people have cyber sex “with touch” over the internet. The company designed a pair of “fundaware”, men and women’s undies which are equipped with technology that mimics human touch and is controlled by the app. Source Where …
World’s fastest electric car unveiled
The world’s fastest electric car – which has a top speed of 155mph and manages 0-62mph in just 3.7 seconds – has been unveilled at the Shanghai Motor Show. The SP:01 is manufactured in America by a company called Detroit Electric, which claims to have produced the first ever electric …
How To Use The Repertory with A Practical Analysis of Forty Homeopathic Remedies by Glen Irving Bidwell, M.D.
Part I. : How to Use the Repertory There are three things which merit the most careful consideration of the homoeopathic practitioner – the taking of the case, the selection of the remedy and the administration of the remedy. The relation of these three steps are so closely intermingled, the …