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Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough that could be the first step to bring back some species that have been wiped off the earth. Picture: Colossal Biosciences/Business Wire

Wolf pup clones: first de-extinction

Science and literature have joined in a remarkable breakthrough that could see more lost species brought back, after a 13,000-year-old extinct wolf made famous in fiction comes back to life for real

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TOPSHOT - This photo shows a building collapsing in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, during an earthquake. A powerful earthquake killed more than 20 people across Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, toppling buildings and bridges and trapping over 80 workers in an under-construction skyscraper in Bangkok. (Photo by AFP)

Why some buildings fall in quakes

When a natural disaster like an earthquake strikes a major city like Bangkok, it’s always shocking when a big building collapses – why do some buildings fall when much taller ones are left intact?

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The summer Milky Way rises over the McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis, Texas.

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Are we living in a giant black hole?

NASA data from the James Webb Space Telescope has prompted a brain-bending new theory, as a rotational study of 263 galaxies opens up a possibility that our universe exists inside a black hole

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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an education event in the East Room of the White house in Washington, DC, March 20, 2025. President Donald Trump signed an order aimed at shutting down the Department of Education, a decades-long goal on the US right that objects to federal involvement in school systems run by individual states. By law, the Education Department -- created in 1979 -- cannot be shuttered without the approval of Congress, and Republicans do not have the votes to push that through. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Can Trump really dump education?

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to dismantle America’s Department of Education despite not having the necessary approval needed from Congress to cut the agency – let’s take a look at what’s happening

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Kneeling adults and children pay their respects as the coffin of a Ukranian service man is driven by in a bus to the Lychakiv Cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 19, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)

Phone calls inch towards peace

A series of phone calls between US President Trump and the leaders of Ukraine and Russia have taken place as negotiations continue on the ceasefire proposal brokered by the White House

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This picture provided by NASA shows support teams working around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Keegan Barber / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Stranded astronauts back on Earth

Two NASA astronauts stranded in space for nine months have been given the welcome home of a lifetime, after a pod of dolphins turned blue planet ambassadors by showing up for splashdown

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Donald Trump is set to call Putin

Ukraine signs a pathway to peace

After three years of war, an immediate 30 day ceasefire could halt all fighting in Ukraine if Russia agrees to the terms of the plan, with Kyiv already committed to the proposal negotiated by the US

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The discovery has led to the confirmation of the existence of large carnivorous dinosaurs on what would become the Australian continent. Picture: Jonathan Metzger/Supplied

Apex predator an Australian first

Landmark new evidence points to a unique food chain led by a previously undiscovered carnivorous dinosaur that roamed the Australian continent over 100 million years ago

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South Australia is home to nine of the nationÕs 45 healthiest regions, where residents are living up to eight years longer than the national average and are less prone to chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease. Matt King,40, (R) (0415800233) of Semaphore, with his boys, Spencer,7, and Alby,5, (blue shirts), and Nick Roach,38, of Semaphore Park,(0402523895), with his son, Liam, 6, enjoying the playground on the Semaphore foreshore. 24 February, 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Is your suburb a health hotspot?

The nation’s top 45 healthiest places to live have been named in a new report surveying more than 2000 Australians and assessing a variety of health indicators – how healthy is your home state?

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NASA plotting how to destroy ‘city-killer’ asteroid

Webb telescope on asteroid’s tail

International space agencies are looking at ways to eliminate recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 if it threatens Earth, but some scientists believe the risk of impact will soon drop to zero

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TOPSHOT - Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. - Gold prices hit 2,000 USD an ounce on markets for the first time on August 4, the latest surge in a commodity seen as a refuge amid economic uncertainty. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Trump’s Fort Knox treasure hunt

Donald Trump has said Elon Musk would find out if Fort Knox’s famous gold bars have gone missing, as the tech billionaire’s DOGE review of US federal assets and spending continues apace

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A handout photo taken on February 11, 2025 and released on February 13, 2025 by the Australian Defence Force shows China's People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang, part of a task group operating to the north east of Australia. (Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP) / ----EDITORS NOTE ----RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT

Surveillance on the high seas

The Australian Defence Force says it is keeping a close eye on three Chinese Warships spotted off the coast of Sydney, but what are they doing there and why are they being monitored?

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A male kayaker was swallowed by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia before being released seconds later, unharmed., Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, who filmed this video as the massive mammal suddenly surfaced. Picture X

Whale swallows kayaker then spits

A kayaking trip took an unforgettable turn when a humpback whale swallowed a paddler before immediately spitting him out, with the jaw-dropping moment caught on camera – see the video

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: In this photo illustration, pennies are seen on a table on February 10, 2025 in New York City. U.S. President Donald Trump directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. Manufacturing costs for pennies is nearly $0.037 up from $0.031 the year before. (Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Penny dropped by Trump cost cut

Stopping penny minting to save money sounds topsy-turvy but the US President’s plan to cut federal spending is real – here’s why Australia dropped its own small change and paper notes long ago

History
Willow Court, New Norfolk. Picture: Chris Kidd

Australian site recognised globally

A significant heritage site in Tasmania has become part of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, in the hope that the important stories of those who once lived there won’t be forgotten

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Trump touts Gaza MAGA makeover

Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ vision for war-ravaged Gaza left the world spinning, but the US President’s past life as a property developer gave cartoonist Mark Knight an idea

Space
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth

Asteroid watch begins for rare find

As the touring asteroid first spotted after Boxing Day safely zooms away from Earth on the next leg of its four-year orbit, the global agency that assesses asteroid risk will keep monitoring its travels

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The galleon San Jose

Shipwreck site could sink claim

Colombia has landed a fresh blow against its main rival in the legal storm surrounding the ‘Holy Grail’ San José shipwreck, with billions in sunken treasure up for grabs in coordinates mismatch

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