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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?

Environment
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
DEAL 16 AUG 2019
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

History
FOR KIDS NEWS. A study of ancient Egyptian skulls has changed the way we think about the history of cancer treatment. Picture: Dr Edgard Camarós

Surprise Ancient Egypt cancer find

A new study has shown Ancient Egyptians may have performed surgery to treat cancer as far back as 4000 years ago after hi-tech equipment detected cut marks in an ancient skull

History
D-Day feature, June 2024 BAYEUX, FRANCE. C. 1944-07. INFORMAL GROUP OF SPITFIRE PILOTS OF NO. 453 SQUADRON RAAF, OUTSIDE A CAFE IN THE TOWN WITH SQUADRON COMMANDING OFFICER 413296 SQUADRON LEADER D. H. SMITH, VICTOR HARBOR (HARBOUR), SA, STANDING IN THE CENTRE OF THE GROUP. THEY MADE A SIGHT SEEING TOUR OF BAYEUX AS SOON AS THEY WERE GIVEN A REST FROM PATROLLING THE NORMANDY BATTLEFIELDS. (IDENTICAL IMAGE AS 042944)   Courtesy Australian War Memorial

Remembering D-Day, 80 years on

On the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces stormed Normandy to reclaim Nazi occupied Europe, the little known stories of the Australian soldiers who fought are being celebrated

News
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 30: People react moments after news that former U.S. President Donald Trump was found guilty in his trial on hush-money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. The former president was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial.   Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Guilty: Can Donald Trump still run?

US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has been found guilty of falsifying business records and still faces other charges – so can he still run for re-election on Nov 5? The answer may surprise you

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TOPSHOT - This handout aerial image taken and released by Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on May 12, 2024, shows the damaged area after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra. At least 34 people have died and 16 more were missing after flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano hit western Indonesia, a local disaster official said on May 12. (Photo by Handout / INDONESIA DISASTER MITIGATION AGENCY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / INDONESIA DISASTER MITIGATION AGENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

What is cold lava?

Volcanoes are known for spewing searing hot molten lava and ash, but they can also cause an even more destructive phenomenon – cold lava. But what is cold lava and how does it form?

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The galleon San Jose

Biggest treasure in human history

Mystery surrounds the final fate of the San José, as suspicions and rumours swirl around one nation amid multiple claims on the shipwreck, long rumoured to hold billions in sunken treasure

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People demonstrate as French President Emmanuel Macron's motorcade drives past in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 23, 2024. Macron flew to France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on a politically risky visit aiming to defuse a crisis after nine days of riots that have killed six people and injured hundreds. Macron's sudden decision to fly to the southwest Pacific archipelago, some 17,000 kilometres (10,500 miles) from mainland France, is a sign of the gravity with which the government views the pro-separatist violence. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Why Aussies are leaving New Caledonia

After nine days of unrest in the Pacific holiday paradise New Caledonia, Australians are coming home ahead of French President Macron touching down – what is happening?

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Airport staff and emergency services preparing for the arrival of the Singapore Airlines in Bangkok -One person has died and multiple people have been injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that experienced “severe turbulence”.,The Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London Heathrow was forced to divert to Bangkok after experiencing severe turbulencewhile entering airspace in the region, which is currently being battered by tropical thunderstorms. Picture: Twitter

What causes turbulence in the air?

Passengers aboard Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 included 56 Australians and first reports suggest a natural phenomenon caused their ordeal – here’s what we can learn from it

Animals
(FILES) This photograph taken in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle on August 12, 2023 shows western honey bee also known as European honey bee (Apis mellifera) in a beehive. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Bees’ survival creates major buzz

World Bee Day 2024: How did a few stowaway bees stranded far from home survive life in a new country? The answer could bring fresh hope for Australia’s native bee population

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