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Brother and sister from remote SA town receive King's Birthday Honours

Two siblings from the remote town of Lock on the Eyre Peninsula were surprised to see each other receive honours in the King's Birthday awards. Marie Elizabeth Shaw KC AM was honoured for her significant service to the law and community, while her brother, Michael Stephen Roberts AO was awarded for his work in pharmaceutical science research. The siblings say they are proud of each other, and that their rural upbringing had a big influence on their careers and lives.

Deep-sea discovery uncovers new family of copepods near Greenland

Deep-sea discovery uncovers new family of copepods near Greenland Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor An international research team, including Dr. Nancy Mercado Salas from the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), has described a new family of copepods (Copepoda). The discovery was made at a depth of more than 2,500 meters in the Irminger Basin, southeast of Greenland, and provides new insights into the evolution of a group of animals that...

Clint Black admits he never expected to live past 21 after tragic losses

Rovers, regolith, robots: The blueprint for the moon

Rovers, regolith, robots: The blueprint for the moon Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor The "soil" blanketing the moon's surface isn't actually soil. It's a fine, lethal, abrasive powder of shattered rock and jagged glass that shreds gaskets, chews through seals, and hangs in an airless environment blasted by unfiltered radiation and temperature swings that can warp steel. Scientists call it lunar regolith.

Another day in Florida: RFK Jr posts video of him wrestling two snakes

Robert F Kennedy Jr. posted a video to social media showing himself wrestling with two snakes in Florida. The health secretary has previously been involved in other unusual incidents, including admitting to dumping a bear cub carcass and being alleged to have injured a raccoon.

Bronze statue immortalises Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue

Influential Aboriginal leader Lowitja O'Donoghue immortalised in new bronze statue Wed 3 Jun 2026 at 2:27pm In short: A bronze statue of Lowitja O'Donoghue, one of Australia's most influential Aboriginal leaders, has been unveiled in Adelaide. South Australian artist Robert Hannaford created the statue. The statue is the first of an initial six of prominent Aboriginal South Australians that the state government has planned.

Plants boost carbon uptake through water efficiency, not heat adaptation, global analysis reveals

Plants boost carbon uptake through water efficiency, not heat adaptation, global analysis reveals Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor An international team of scientists has discovered that plants are not responding to global warming in the way researchers long assumed. Scientists have expected that ecosystems would keep pace with warming by rising the temperature at which photosynthesis works best. A new study published in One Earth is challenging that theory.

Britain's dying high streets 'could be saved' by unlikely revival

Britain's dying high streets 'could be saved' by unlikely revival The first flushing public toilets were invented 175 years ago. Now 60% have vanished from our streets, and public urination is once again causing a health hazard. If a 19th century urine deflector or “wazzbaffle” had been protecting the West London wall where Lord Mandelson was caught short recently, it wouldn’t have been the first time the disgraced peer’s mistakes had come back to haunt him.

Inside Europe's largest Copper Age tomb, children's bones expose an ancient health crisis hidden for 5,000 years

May 30, 2026 feature Inside Europe's largest Copper Age tomb, children's bones expose an ancient health crisis hidden for 5,000 years Sandee Oster Author Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Nearly 5,000 years ago, respiratory infections, possibly including tuberculosis, were ravaging the children buried at Camino del Molino (CMOL), Spain. The massive circular burial cave carved into rock is Europe's largest Copper Age mass burial, containing over 1,300 individuals,...

First injured Langobard woman in skeletal record reshapes view of male-only violence

June 1, 2026 feature First injured Langobard woman in skeletal record reshapes view of male-only violence Sandee Oster Author Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor The Langobards are frequently depicted as fierce warrior-like people, with all known archaeological evidence of violence restricted to men. However, nearly 1,400 years ago, a Langobard woman took two severe injuries to the head, one a clean slice made by a blade, the other a crushing blow, making her the first...