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General, generic stock photo of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef off the Far North Queensland coast. The photo was taken on March 20 from an Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) Domier 328 plane, commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) to survey the impact of coral bleaching on the northern Great Barrier Reef. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Great Barrier Reef coral in decline

New findings from the Great Barrier Reef show a large chunk of coral has disappeared from its northern section as warmer waters, cyclones and floods wreak havoc on the mighty natural wonder

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The footage has shocked the world. Picture: China News Service

Solar power’s moment in the sun

A massive offshore solar farm has been unveiled in China as Elon Musk celebrated an Australian solar milestone, saying the renewable source was key for the world’s future power supply

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Was Tut a ‘hand-me-down’ king?

Was Tut a ‘hand-me-down’ king?

Tutankhamun has long been one of Egypt’s most famous pharaohs following the discovery of his iconic gold death mask, but experts say he may have been ‘cast off’ and given his stepmother’s tomb

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TOPSHOT - This aerial handout picture taken on November 9, 2024 and released on November 10, 2024 by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency shows the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki as seen from the Eputobi rest area in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara. (Photo by Handout / National Disaster Mitigation Agency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO / National Disaster Mitigation Agency - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Bali volcano grounds Aussie flights

Travellers were left stranded after multiple airlines cancelled flights to and from Australia to holiday hotspot Bali due to the giant ash cloud caused by Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupting

Animals
Short-tailed shearwaters have a long life-span. Picture: Trevor Pescott.

Why washed up birds are a worry

Authorities are monitoring beaches along the eastern seaboard as migrating bird dying of ‘malnutrition’ wash ashore, with bird flu experts on alert in the bid to keep H5N1 out of Australia

Space
KIDS NEWS 2024: students watch the launch at the Powerhouse Future Space Launch of their algae experiment for the International Space Station. Picture: Powerhouse Future Space Launch/Maja Baska.

Student experiment goes to space

Australian students are celebrating the successful lift off of their history-making space mission, as their algae experiment heads to the International Space Station in a bid to grow a greener future

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 04, 2024 shows, L-R, US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking during a "When We Vote We Win" rally at the Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center in West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024 and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump departing the stage after speaking at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada, October 31, 2024.  (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Ian Maule / AFP)

Five-minute guide to US election

The US political system differs from ours – here are key details and some essential information, so you can follow the US presidential election as history unfolds and America decides

History
LiDAR survey data reveals ancient Maya buildings (inset, center) clustered on a hilltop, while a satellite image (far left and right) shows modern agriculture and roadbuilding underway in the valleys below. Picture: Luke Auld-Thomas

Lost city found hidden in jungle

An archaeologist has stumbled upon an ancient city in modern-day Mexico that was buried ‘in plain sight’ for centuries, after unanalysed data from a Google search led to the remarkable find

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A picture taken on October 31, 2024 shows piled up cars following deadly floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain. Rescuers raced on October 31, 2024 to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets. About 1,000 troops joined police and firefighters in the grim search for bodies in the Valencia region as Spain started three days of mourning. Up to a year's rain fell in a few hours on the eastern city of Valencia and surrounding region on October 29 sending torrents of water and mud through towns and cities. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)

Angry Spanish flood victims react

Spanish communities reeling from last week’s devastating floods in the Valencia region have publicly erupted at their king, queen and government officials – why are impacted residents so furious?

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Ghost House

Sydney Most Haunted House. Picture Thomas Lisson

Is this Oz’s most haunted house?

Would you dare knock on the door of this house while ‘trick or treating’ this Halloween? It may not have cobwebs or pumpkins outside but tales told about it will send shivers down your spine

History
Mystery of human bones found in castle well is finally solved as DNA matches skeleton with 800-year-old saga figure

800-year-old castle saga solved

A mystery man mentioned in a passage of medieval Norwegian history written over 800 years ago has been connected by DNA testing to remains first recovered from a castle well in 1938

Health
The artifical tissue mimics the top crucial layers of skin and comes after years of work at The Alfred and Monash University. Picture: supplied

Grow your own ‘skin’ for burns

In a world-first medical trial, an Australian patient has received human-like skin grown in a lab to treat severe burns – a major breakthrough doctors say could improve healing and save lives

History
NETWORK SPECIAL.  MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING.      Prominent journalist Stan Grant features in a new documentary that aims to “challenge the false narrative of Captain Cook” by celebrating the history between Muslims and Indigenous Australians in the pre-colonial period., , Produced by the Islamic Abu Hanifa Institute in Berala in Sydney’s west, Before 1770 recreates the journey of sea cucumber fisherman, called Macassan trepangers, from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi to northern Australia., , Promotional material for the documentary said it is “designed to encapsulate the history of Muslims in Australia before the First Fleet.”

Doco queries Captain Cook history

A contentious new documentary challenges ‘first contact’ history about how Australia was founded by highlighting links between northern Indigenous communities and Indonesian fishermen

Animals
An AI-generated image of a thylacine which could soon be  brought back from extinction by scientists from the US bioscience company Collosal.

How Tassie tigers will be reborn

The Tasmanian tiger could be brought back from extinction in just three years’ time thanks to a major breakthrough in genome sequencing. But exactly how will scientists rebirth the species?

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Hurricane Milton - 9 Oct 2024 - 0:00 UTC ...MILTON WILL BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA GULF COAST... As of 7:00 PM CDT Tue Oct 8 the center of Milton was located near 23.0, -86.9 with movement ENE at 10 mph. The minimum central pressure was 902 mb with maximum sustained winds of about 165 mph - Image Supplied NOAA

Why experts called for first ‘Cat 6′

Downgraded to Category 3 despite spawning tornadoes, Hurricane Milton had US experts suggesting Category 6 should be added to the storm rating system – but how are hurricanes rated and do they differ from cyclones?

Space
The 500m diameter asteroid Bennu, imaged by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in December 2018. Picture NASA For Martin George col for The Mercury

Aussie team to assess asteroid risk

Australian researchers are studying samples taken from a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid to figure out how we can prevent a future collision while unlocking the mind-boggling secrets of our universe

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Gina Rinehart hosts athletes on a boat for dinner on the Seine River in Paris after completing competition. Picture: Adam Head

Fossil fuelled Olympians under fire

Sports around the world are earning a motza in sponsorship deals from oil and gas companies – but is this affecting the fight against climate change? And why is it called “sportswashing?”

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TOPSHOT - A Sherrif block the street outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15, 2024 following a shooting incident at former US president Donald Trump's golf course. Trump's campaign reported Sunday that there had been "gunshots in his vicinity" but added that the Republican presidential candidate was safe. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Trump safe after second attempt

The FBI is investigating a second attempted assassination of former US president and Republican nominee Donald Trump while he was playing golf in Florida – how did it happen again?

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Protesters confront police outside the Land Forces 2024 arms fair in Melbourne on September 11, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Melbourne protests turn ugly

Streets outside Melbourne’s Land Forces Expo descended into chaos on Wednesday as anti-war activists threw manure and rocks at police in violent scenes labelled ‘a disgrace’ – what happened?

Health
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Brain science Pic : iStock

Breakthrough could ‘melt cancer’

Australia could be on the brink of revolutionising brain cancer treatment as Victorian researchers hope to transform patient outcomes with a startling discovery that enables the body to melt tumours from the inside

News
Rescuers reach a yacht with two people onboard in rough seas off the New South Wales south coast on Tuesday morning.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it had received a distress beacon alert about midday on Monday from a vessel 185km east of Nowra. Media reports named the stricken 19-metre yacht as the Spirit of Mateship. Picture: NSW Police

Sailors’ wild wind and wave rescue

Two sailors are finally safe after their yacht was battered by 5m waves and gale-force winds off the NSW coast for over 18 hours as wild weather and epic winds rip across southeast Australia

Animals
Markos Sakarikos and his granddaughter Markella are checking their beehives, Markos Sakarikos, 70, is a pensioner and a beekeeper from Nea Makri, Greece. Picture: UNICEF/Anna Pantelia

Missing bees sound climate alarm

Years of extreme heat and prolonged drought have created dangerous wildfire conditions in Greece, wiping out the vegetation that bees depend upon – and spelling trouble for the ecosystem

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Mark Knight cartoon on the Ukrainian war

Fortunes of war take surprise turn

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches on perplexed in cartoonist Mark Knight’s take on Ukraine advancing across the border as Zelensky’s troops pull off strategic wins in the war

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Mark Knight cartoon for Herald Sun, July 15, 2024

Trump’s reaction changes history

Seconds after US presidential hopeful Donald Trump survived the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, he seized the moment. Mark Knight’s cartoon captures him walking away not as a victim but as the clear election frontrunner

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