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Primary school students targeted by anti-Semitic chants

A heartbroken grandfather says his granddaughter is traumatised after she was among primary school students subjected to anti-Semitic taunts.

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Five arms, no heart and a global family: what DNA revealed about the weird deep-sea world of brittle stars

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land and shallow water. There is no light, it is very cold, and the pressure of all the water above is immense.

The Conversation

We all have kangaroos hopping around our coin purse – and they’ve been on money since 1795

On the Australian one dollar coin, you will often find the famous representation of a mob of five kangaroos. But when did the kangaroo first appear on money?

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For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors

Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe, as a brilliant night sky shines above. They wonder – as many after them will do – what trickery has made the roof above their heads disappear?

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A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size – from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle.

The Conversation

Australia's 'upside down' dinosaur age had two giant predators, 120 million-year-old fossils reveal

A new study has revealed that "hug of death" megaraptorids and previously unknown carcharodontosaurs shared Australia's unique Antarctic dinosaur ecosystem during the Cretaceous.

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Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show

Between 122 and 108 million years ago, the Australian landmass was much farther south than today. Victoria was positioned within the Antarctic Circle, separated from Tasmania by a vast rift valley rather than open sea.

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Flood ‘like a scene from Titanic’, Sammy J says as Museums Victoria calls for help retrieving artefacts

Burst water pipe washed fossils, rocks and other specimens of historical value down Coburg street on Saturday night

The Guardian - AU

Tyrannosaur Victoria adds real bite to Melbourne museum

One of the world's best-preserved T.rex fossils will go on display in Melbourne, offering visitors an exclusive insight to the fearsome predator's life.

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Fence me in: the bold plan to save native species on Wilsons Promontory

A 10km partially electrified fence could be installed across the national park to slow the steady southward march of invasive species

The Guardian - AU

Australian discovery of 120m-year-old footprints provides earliest evidence for birds in southern hemisphere

Bird tracks found in Victoria were initially thought to have come from dinosaurs but later identified as ‘transitional’ animal

The Guardian - AU

Australia returns remains of four Indigenous people to Japan after they were dug up for experiments

‘We have finally moved a step forward. But our existence has still not been accepted’

The Independent UK

Victoria's 13 scorpion species and why they are not as venomous as other predators

Scorpions are renowned in some parts of the world as killers. Here's why Australia's species have a lot less sting in their tails.

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Horrifying 'lizard fish' with rows of razor-sharp teeth found in ocean for first time

Scientists have discovered never-seen-before underwater creatures which include a lizard fish with razor-sharp teeth and a blind eel with gelatinous skin that gives birth to live young

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Glassy fangs and glowing fins: amazing deep sea animals found near Cocos Islands

Discovered in the deep: Scientists exploring the uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean uncover a multitude of dazzling sea creatures around a remote Australian island group

The Conversation

Scientists release world-first DNA map of an endangered Australian mouse, and it will help to save it

The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.

ABC News

Three meteor showers set to grace our skies this weekend — this is where to see them

Looking for something spectacular to brighten a cold, dark winter's night? Well, this weekend might just have something in store: not one, not two, but three meteor showers active at the same time — combining to provide a celestial firework display almost all through the night.

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Dinosaur footprints found preserved in rock platform on Victoria's Great Ocean Road

Since their find, Kate and Tim Wagstaff have been pulled into an adventure that most fossil enthusiasts can only dream of, working with palaeontologists across Australia to document and further investigate their discovery.

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Arnhem Land art 'detectives' helping discover who painted these priceless works

Artists visit a Melbourne Museum vault to identify the "master" creators of bark paintings commissioned 110 years ago by Sir Baldwin Spencer in exchange for tobacco and cash.

The Conversation

Paddy Compass Namadbara: for the first time, we can name an artist who created bark paintings in Arnhem Land in the 1910s

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people.

The Guardian - AU

Ancient Greek artefacts take first trip abroad for show in Melbourne

A 400-kilogram sculpture of Zeus is centrepiece of exhibit exploring connections between the ancient civilisation and modern culture

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