Billions of cicadas will dig their way out from underground to mate and lay eggs. Source: PixaBay. Scientists are predicting that billions of cicadas will be unleashed in the US, in what is being referred to as the “cicadapocalypse”. In the next upcoming months of Spring, a rare emergence of two separate broods of cicadas will…
A new study provides first accurate visual portrayal of the facial distortion experienced by a man with prosopometamorphopsia (PMO). Source: Tyler Hewitt, Flickr. A new study by Dartmouth College is the first to provide an accurate visual portrayal of the facial distortion experienced by a man with a rare neurological-visual disorder known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO).…
The government is pushing to increase wages for low-paid workers. Source: Cottonbro Studios, Pexels. The Albanese government is pushing to increase minimum wages in addition to tax cuts, to help with the battle against inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. Last month, the RBA refused to cut interest rates despite inflation easing to 4.1 percent in…
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly passed a bill to criminalise gay conversion therapy after a nightlong parliamentary debate. Image source: sv1ambo, via Wikimedia Commons. The New South Wales Legislative Assembly passed a bill to criminalise gay conversion therapy after a nightlong parliamentary debate. The bill was passed with 22 votes in favour and four…
At least 75 Rohingya refugees have been saved from drowning after their wooden boat began to sink off the coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Image source: Aceh, via X. At least 75 Rohingya refugees have been saved from drowning after their wooden boat began to sink off the coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Reports indicate…
Baby platypus found in reintroduced habitat in Sydney national park despite fears of pollution. Image source: Maria Grist, via Wikimedia Commons. Gilli, a baby platypus, also known as a puggle, is the first platypus to be born in Sydney’s Royal National Park in 50 years. Researchers from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, the…
Leo Varadkar, prime minister of Ireland, has formally announced his resignation. Image source: Freddy2001, via Wikimedia Commons The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, has resigned due to what he called “personal and political reasons”. The announcement on Wednesday came as a surprise for many when Varadkar announced he would be stepping down from leadership once…
Wildlife activists call for the immediate halt to logging after footage of dead Koalas. Source: Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht, Wikimedia Commons. Forest and wildlife activists call for the immediate halt to logging after footage emerged of koalas falling to their deaths from treetops on a plantation in Kangaroo Island. The footage shows koalas clinging to trees being…
A volcano in Iceland has erupted again, putting Grindavik in a state of emergency. Source: Peter Thoeny, Flickr. A volcano in Iceland has erupted on Saturday night for the fourth time in three months, putting the fishing town of Grindavik in a state of emergency. Iceland’s Meteorological Office (IMO) said that the eruption opened 3-kilometre-long…
Putin has won Russia’s presidential election with claims that the results were manipulated and rigged. Source: Wikimedia Commons: File:Vladimir Putin (2022-10-21) 03.jpg – Wikimedia Commons President Vladimir Putin has won Russia’s presidential election, triggering a large number of protests at polling stations, claiming the results were rigged. According to the first official results showed on…