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- Fish hook, tapeworm found inside 3m great white (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:07:00 -0800)
New Zealand scientists have finished dissecting a three-metre long great white shark as part of their research. - Spotlight on Tas marine research (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:11:00 -0800)
The work of Tasmanian scientists is being showcased at an international conference in Hobart on marine animals. - Digital boom helps British music sales hit record (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:21:00 -0800)
British music sales are booming as young fans increasingly buy songs online rather than illegally downloading them, the country's industry body said on Wednesday. - Monsanto says drought-tolerant corn ready for 2010 (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:03:00 -0800)
Agrichemical giant Monsanto has hailed a significant step in creating a drought-tolerant corn to be available as early as 2010, in a move decried as "misleading" by a public health watchdog. - Uncertainty about Geelong IT jobs (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800)
The Victorian Government says it is too early to know if upheaval at a large Indian Information Technology company will lead to job losses at Geelong. - US scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects (Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:34:00 -0800)
US scientists have found a way to levitate the very smallest objects using the forces of quantum mechanics, and say they might use it to help make tiny nanotechnology machines. - Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:30:00 -0800)
Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said. - Territorians take out top bird award (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:00 -0800)
The DL Serventry Medal for the study of birds has been won by two Northern Territory researchers. - Archaeologists confident of Mermaid find (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:00:00 -0800)
Archaeologists from the National Maritime Museum are quietly confident they have found the site of an historic shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. - ATO warns against fraudulent email (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:06:00 -0800)
The Australian Tax Office has warned there is a fraudulent email being circulated which offers people tax refunds. - Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked (Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:00:00 -0800)
The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday (US time) and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service. - Scientists find gene that makes cancer spread (Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:31:00 -0800)
A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, US researchers said. - Devil fundraiser on the deep blue sea (Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:32:00 -0800)
Two Tasmanian sailors are set to join the fight to help save the tasmanian devil. - Scientists claim dengue fever breakthrough (Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:05:00 -0800)
Qld scientists believe they have discovered a way of controlling the spread of dengue fever. - Icy clue for lost Antarctic plane (Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:33:00 -0800)
A team of scientists searching for the remnants of an aeroplane belonging to Antarctic expeditioner Sir Douglas Mawson hope they may have found where the aircraft is buried. - Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in US city (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:00:00 -0800)
A smoking ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 per cent in one US city and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts have reported. - Shark sightings frequent in Adelaide's gulf (Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:48:00 -0800)
Sharks are proving a continuing problem for swimmers along the Adelaide coast. - Farmers reminded to start new tag system (Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:44:00 -0800)
Farmers are being reminded that from tomorrow all sheep and lambs must be marked with a National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tag. - Scientists to begin search for historic Qld shipwreck (Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:31:00 -0800)
A scientific expedition from the Australian Maritime Museum (AMM) will leave Cairns tomorrow attempting to solve one of Queensland's greatest maritime mysteries. - China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world (Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0800)
Scientists in China say they have discovered the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reports.
