New Zealand’s voting age will be decided on in the coming months. Source: Shutterstock. New Zealand will be looking to draft a bill that will lower the voting age to 16 after their Supreme Court found the current age was discriminatory. The court found the current voting age of 18 amounted to age discrimination and…
Experts say there is no risk of a tsunami. Source: USGS. At least 162 people have died with hundreds more injured after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Java. The United States Geological Survey (USG) reports the earthquake hit 18km west of Ciranjang-hilir, Java at a shallow depth of 10km yesterday afternoon.…
“It is even possible that cooking was not limited to fish, but also included various types of animals and plants,” said Professor Naama Goren-Inbar from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who directed the excavation. Source: NYC – AMNH: Spitzer Hall of Human Origins – Homo Ergaster, Flickr. Israeli researchers believe that humans might have started…
“Findings follow on from research published earlier this year which explored Covid-19 severity and its relation low testosterone and possibly high oestrogen in both men and women,” said Swansea University. A study by Swansea University has said that the finger length on a person’s left and right hand could help researchers determine how severe their…
Police say The Ethical Standards Command has been advised. Source: Shutterstock. A 12-year-old Brisbane boy has been left seriously injured after being hit by a car while he was riding his bike in South Brisbane. Police say they were conducting registration checks on cars in the suburb of Macgregor when they saw an unregistered Holden…
MH17 was flying 33,000 feet about Ukraine when it was shot down by the missile. Source: Shutterstock. Two Russians and a Ukrainian have been found guilty of murdering 298 people onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when they fired a missile at the plane. A Dutch court ruled that the Russian-made surface-to-air missile was fired by…
“I was blaming myself and I was miserable – because I was saying, ‘This is nothing; this guy reached around and he copped a feel.’ … it made me feel reclusive,” Fraser has previously said of the incident. Source: Shutterstock. Brendan Fraser has said even if he was nominated for a Golden Globe this year,…
Back in Australia, several schools have implemented the technology. Italy will no longer allow facial recognition technology to be used unless it is for the purposes of fighting crime. The decision was made earlier in the week as Italy’s Data Protection Agency enforced two cities, Lecce and Arezzo to stop using the technology. Arezzo was…
Artemis I was given the all clear to launch yesterday morning, following tropical storm Nicole earlier in the week. Source: NASA. After months of delays, NASA has finally launched the Artemis I rocket with the hopes this mission will provide vital information to help put people back on the moon. Lift-off was achieved at 1:47…
According to several opinion polls, Trump’s biggest Republican competitor for the 2024 Presidency run will be Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Source: Shutterstock. Donald Trump has announced he will officially run as a candidate for President in 2024, saying he will “fight like no one has ever fought before”. The former president made the announcement in…