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Detached Unveils Amazing 117m Art Tower Proposal for Hobart

Tasmania's non-profit Detached Cultural Organisation has announced the first concept to be presented to the public as part of the Detached cultural precinct development in the old Mercury building in Hobart, Tasmania. The proposed project, backed by ... >> view original

Basketball shot from atop a dam for Guinness World Record

HOBART, Australia, June 15 (UPI) -- An Australian trick shot team broke its own Guinness World Record by throwing a basketball from the top of a dam to a hoop 415 feet below. The How Ridiculous team, who set the world record for highest basketball shot ... >> view original

Channel Shore review – Tom Fort's nutty bike ride along England's south coast

Their destination was Hobart, Tasmania. For those who live by the sea shipwrecks have traditionally had a strong pull, and deliberate shipwrecks have long been a mainstay of Cornish literature; Fort sees not the romance of the wreckers, but the greed ... >> view original

Relics of Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost things, tour Tasmania

Tasmanians are being given the rare opportunity to see 800-year-old relics of Saint Anthony of Padua this week, but the saint's famous intact tongue has remained in Italy. The relics of the patron saint of lost things are being taken to schools ... >> view original

IEA outlines 'four pillars' for success of climate talks

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said today that a peak in global energy-related emissions could be achieved as early as 2020 and at no net economic cost, as one of four "key pillars" it believes are needed "to make the upcoming UN climate talks a ... >> view original

WWF: Where is the funding for the Great Barrier Reef?

Pamela Frost Journalist Pam has been at the Daily Mercury since March 2013 and has also worked as a journalist in Batemans Bay and Wellington both in NSW. And yes, that does make her a Blues supporter. Growing up she moved around different places ... >> view original

Climate Change: China to the rescue?

China is commonly seen as a major global climate change villain. And rightfully so – the country is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, as well as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses, all by considerable margins. The crucial question is ... >> view original

Dorset braced for mass influx of Painted Lady butterflies

Millions of Painted Ladies could be winging their way to the UK from southern Europe as part of the longest butterfly migration in the world. Unusually high numbers of the orange and black butterflies have been reported amassing in southern Europe at the ... >> view original

Engineers build world's thinnest light bulb using graphene

"We are just starting to dream about other uses for these structures," mechanical engineer James Hone said. By Brooks Hays | June 15, 2015 at 3:38 PM. Comments 0 Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter · share with google. An error occurred. >> view original

The death of a white blood cell filmed for the first time

Red and white blood cells. When white blood cells die, molecules are ejected into nearby cells, possibly to alert them to the potential presence of a pathogen, researchers say. Photo / Thinkstock. Scientists have captured the moment a white blood cell dies ... >> view original