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30 December 2021

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Nuclear waste

Australia set to receive a cask full of nuclear waste

Australia, ScienceBy News Cop30 December 2021Leave a comment

A radioactive shipment of uranium and plutonium waste will be brought to Australia in the coming months to the Australian Nuclear Science and Tech­nology Organisation facilities at Lucas Heights in South Sydney.   The intermediate-level waste (ILW) will come in four glass containers weighing about 500kg each that is carried in a 100-tonne cask that…

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg adds to Hawaii estate with another land purchase

World, TechnologyBy News Cop30 December 2021Leave a comment

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has expanded his multi-million-dollar estate in Kauai, Hawaii by purchasing 110 acres including the controversial Ka Loko reservoir for $17 million.   In total Zuckerberg now has 1,500 acres worth over $150 million but this latest purchase comes with a grim history. In 2006 after many weeks of heavy rain the…

The bittern

Solar powered GPS takes flight with Australian bird

Australia, ScienceBy News Cop30 December 2021Leave a comment

Australasian Bitterns are in endangered species in parts of Australia but with the help of a solar powered GPS scientists hope they can learn more about these threatened birds.   A male Bittern by the name of Bushy has been the first to be fitted with the solar powered GPS and was released into a…

Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty

Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty on several sex trafficking charges

USA, Police/CrimeBy News Cop30 December 2021Leave a comment

Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty on charges of sex trafficking by luring girls as young as 14 to be sexually abused by convicted paedophile Jeffery Epstein.   A jury in the Manhattan federal court only took five full days to find Ghislaine Maxwell to be guilty on five of the six charges she faced…

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