It is estimated this dinosaur was 12 metres high and 25 metres long, based on the size of the bones found in the garden. Source: Instituto Dom Luiz (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon). The remains of what might be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe is being unearthed in a backyard…
“I’ve decided not to meddle in political affairs,” said the Sadrist Movement leader. Source: Shutterstock. At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in Baghdad after Muqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation from Iraqi politics. The prominent Shi’ite cleric announced on Twitter that he was commencing his “final withdrawal” from Iraqi politics after failing…
NASA said the next earliest opportunity for a launch is Friday 2 September. Source: NASA, Twitter. NASA has been forced to delay the launch of the test flight of its new moon rocket Artemis 1 due to an issue related to the engine. The rocket was set to launch on Monday with three test dummies…
Police have alleged that the man used his influence within the Jehovah Witness community to commit the crimes. Source: Shutterstock. A 61-year-old Sunshine Coast man has been charged with numerous rape and sexual assault offences that happened between 2008 and 2018. On Sunday August 28, police went to the man’s address in Mooloolaba and took…
The portrait of Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, the acclaimed Canadian-Armenian portraitist, was displayed along with some of his other work in the hotel where Karsh used to live. Source: Wikimedia Commons. An investigation is underway into the heist of an iconic Winston Churchill portrait that was mysteriously stolen and replaced with a copy. The 1941…
Moderna alleges Pfizer/BioNTech copied technology that Moderna had developed years before the pandemic began. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Moderna has sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in developing the COVID-19 vaccine, alleging Moderna technology was copied. The lawsuit alleges Pfizer/BioNTech copied the mRNA technology Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, before…
Artificial moonlight and controlled temperature were successfully used on the corals to replicate the environmental conditions that prompt spawning. Source: Australian Institute of Marine Sciences. For the first time, captive-raised corals have been successfully bred out of their natural reproductive window in the Great Barrier Reef. The first offseason coral spawning by the Australian Institute…
The EV market in Australia starts at about $28,000 and can go up over $100,000 says Electric Cars Guide. The financial institution has announced that from 2025 they will not issue car loans for fuel and diesel vehicles in efforts to move towards a decarbonized economy. Bank Australia has launched the initiative saying that it’s…
Source: Miss Universe. According to an internal memo, the Miss Universe competition will be opened to women regardless of their marital or parental status. Since its establishment in 1952, only women who were aged between 18 and 28 were eligible for the global competition. It was also a requirement that they be single and without…
Source: Wikimedia Commons The LA county has been ordered to pay Vanessa Bryant over $23 million worth of damages for emotional distress over shared photos of her dead husband and daughter. Ms Bryant launched legal action against the LA police and fire departments after first responders on the scene of the 2020 helicopter crash shared…