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‘English Pompeii’ a fragment of past frozen in time

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Relics from the Mary Rose – flagship of England’s navy when it sank in 1545 – have finally been reunited with the famous wreck in a new museum offering a view of life in Tudor times.

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Moss frozen for 400 years grows again

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Plants entombed under ice in Canada’s far north for centuries have come back to life after exposure to air and sunlight, Canadian researchers have found.

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Federal budget a “missed opportunity” for Australian science

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

The Australian Academy of Science has criticised the government’s handling of research investment in the 2013 federal budget, lamenting the inability of Australian scientists to collaborate internationally due to a lack of specific funding.

Image of the Moon, from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL

Moon may harbour alien minerals

Monday, 27 May 2013

Minerals found in craters on the Moon may be remnants of asteroids that slammed into it and not, as long believed, the Moon’s innards exposed by such impacts, according to a new study.

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Errors acknowledged in “rushed” stem cell paper

Friday, 24 May 2013

A high-profile study in which U.S. researchers reported they had turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells contained errors, its lead author has acknowledged.

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Vitamin C kills tuberculosis in accidental discovery

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 - 1 comment

Lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria has been killed with good old Vitamin C – an “unexpected” discovery scientists hope will lead to better, cheaper drugs.

A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, carrying a Bion-M satellite rises at a launch pad in the Russian-leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on April 18, 2013. Credit: AFP

Mice, gerbils perish in Russia space flight

Monday, 20 May 2013

A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule destined to find out how well organisms can withstand extended flights perished during their journey, scientists said as the month-long mission touched back down on Earth.

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Clunies Ross Awards celebrate Aussie innovators

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Australian visionaries who between them contributed to the broadband network, tuberculosis eradication and military radar communication, were recognised last night at the Clunies Ross Awards.

Four images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory of an X3.2-class flare from late at night on May 13, 2013. Credit: NASA/SDO/em>

Sun unleashes four potent solar flares

Thursday, 16 May 2013

The Sun has unleashed four potent solar flares this week, marking the most intense activity yet this year and causing limited interruptions to high-frequency radio communications.

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Embryonic stem cells made from skin

Thursday, 16 May 2013

U.S. researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they turned human skin cells into embyronic stem cells for the first time.

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