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Demand increases for mentoring scheme helping Tas kids decide career paths

Tasmanian mentor Charmaine Stanton takes part in the program through her workplace at Hydro Tasmania in Hobart. "I have children of my own and I have a teenage son, and it appealed to me that I might be able to be a positive influence in a teenage ... >> view original

Geoengineering is fast and cheap, but not the key to stopping climate change

Sulphate aerosols may help to cool the planet but will not resolve other environmental challenges such as pollution. Photograph: Alamy. Sponsored by: BT. Andrew Snyder-Beattie. Andrew Snyder-Beattie is director of research at the Future of Humanity ... >> view original

Troposhere is warming up; researchers confirm using publicly available data

The upper levels of the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, the troposphere, are warming up proving that temperatures have actually gone up during to global warming and these increased temperatures have started affecting layers of the atmosphere. >> view original

Kickstarter Raises Over $400000 For Bill Nye's Solar Sail Spacecraft

The Internet has given the Planetary Society and its CEO Bill Nye a big stamp of approval for its Solar Sail spacecraft, set for launch in Fall, 2016. The group of space enthusiasts set up a Kickstarter page to raise some additional funds, a mere $200,000, and ... >> view original

Monster squid with 16-foot-long tentacles washes up on New Zealand shore

Cue the “Jaws” soundtrack. No, actually, that would be the theme song from “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” Kaikoura Marine Centre and Aquarium biologists on New Zealand's South Island stumbled upon a monster squid on Wednesday in Kaikoura, more ... >> view original

Port Stephens whale watching season in full swing

The Port Stephens whale watching season officially starts today, and cruise operators are already reporting sightings of the migrating mammals. Industry statistics suggest that around 18-thousand whales will travel past the region, with humpbacks and ... >> view original

Distant light might hold the key to why the universe is filled with matter

EVERYTHING we see, touch and experience is made up of matter but for the longest time scientists had no idea why it existed. Now they may have found an answer. NASA's Fermi space telescope has detected high-energy light linked to a magnetic field that ... >> view original

Meet the 'science nut' who grew up to be a space archaeologist

Dr Paul Willis, director of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAUS), which has produced the Ultimate Science Guide 2015 to encourage students to take up jobs in science, technology, engineering and maths. When Dr Alice Gorman was a girl she would stare ... >> view original

Lomborg's think tank looking for a home

Bjorn Lomborg says he is confident the Australia Consensus Centre will go ahead. Ben Rushton. by Tim Dodd. Who would have thought there would $4 million up for grabs for an Australian university? Education Minister Christopher Pyne has put that amount ... >> view original

Lightning Ridge opal miner says having dinosaur named after him will 'make him ...

Opal miner Bob Foster is none too pleased at the prospect of having a new species of dinosaur bear his name 30 years after he discovered its fossilised remains. Back in 1985, Bob Foster had no interest in dinosaurs — his only concern was striking it lucky in ... >> view original