New study sheds light on black hole and other top stories.

• New study sheds light on black hole

  

  Researchers may be a step closer to uncovering the secrets of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.A new global study involving the University of Adelaide has found that the black hole within the Milky Way may harbour an extremely high-energy source of cosmic rays.The study, conducted using powerful stereoscopic telescopes in Namibia, reveals that some cosmic rays are generated by a source with energies 100 times higher than those produced by the Large Hadron Collider. The fi..

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• Federal funds' shift from climate change advocacies provoke questions on Australia's science and research priorities

  

  World renowned physicists, climate scientists and international researchers denounced Australia’s science policies and funding cuts during the World Science Festival (WSF) in Brisbane, according to the SBS .  After a series of federal budget cuts in 2014, Australia’s federally financed science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), faces new financial hurdles when the government announced a shift from climate research to focus more on commercial enter..

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• Protective Magnetic Field Helped Life Begin On Earth

  

  The early Earth's magnetic field is expected to have been about as strong as it is today, or slightly weaker.Washington:  Not just water and oxygen, life thrived on early Earth thanks to another necessary ingredient: the presence of a protective magnetic field. A new study of the young, Sun-like star Kappa Ceti has found that magnetic field plays a key role in making a planet conducive to life. "To be habitable, a planet needs warmth, water, and it needs to be shelte..

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• Liberals and Conservatives Solve Problems Differently

  

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• Coral bleaching tipped to be next attraction on Great Barrier Reef

  

  SORRY SIGHT: Far North Queensland has been the worst hit by coral bleaching, caused by warmer sea temperatures. AFP PHOTO/WWF AUSTRALIATOURISTS are being invited to experience “spectacular” stark white coral off Far North Queensland amid fears the natural phenomenon is worsening across the Reef.Far North Queensland has been the worst hit by coral bleaching, caused by warmer sea temperatures with prime tourism sites Fitzroy and Lizard Island ­experiencing their worst bleaching in at least 15 year..

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• Victory of Marine Animals! Authorities Destroy Illegal Fishing Vessel (VIDEO)

  

  Few people visiting seafood restaurants realize the impact that their food choices have on our oceans. The reality is that there simply aren’t plenty of fish left in the sea. In fact, our appetite for Chilean Sea Bass, also known as toothfish, has driven these animals into oblivion. This has led international authorities to step up their punishments for illegal poaching of these species, and in Indonesia, the response to illegally catching these fish is quite literally explosive. On March 14, 2..

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• How our love for Rotto is killing it

  

  Our love for Rottnest Island may be slowly killing it. Picture: SkyPixels/Clip MediaITS clear blue waters and white sand make it one of WA’s most iconic destinations however our obsession with Rottnest Island is slowing killing it.Researchers from Edith Cowan University have found decades of boat use around the marine playground has had an irreversible affect on seagrass.In a study published in the journalNature: Scientific Reports, the team found around 48,000sqm of seagrass had been damaged by..

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• Australia among top 10 happiest countries in the world

  

  Australia emerged to be one of the world’s happiest places, according to a report released on Wednesday. Denmark took the top spot, overtaking Switzerland which was declared last year as the happiest country. Denmark reclaimed the title after being the first on the list for two consecutive years in 2012 and 2013. This year, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Finland rounded up the top five. They are followed closely by Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia and Sweden, according to the f..

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• German study discovers 'fairy circles' in Australian outback

  

  Dry grasslands of Namibia used to be the only place in the world where “fairy circles” could be found. These are circular, barren patches of land that form a highly regular pattern. However, a new study, published in the journal PNAS, found the same structures in the uninhabited Australian outback. The theory of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany, who worked with Australian and Israeli scientists, is that the fairy circles is the result of h..

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• Australian golden orb spider 'blows across Tasman' to land in New Zealand town

  

  The sheen of the golden orb's web is clear in the sunlight. Photo: Vicky Smith A large Australian spider discovered in a small town at the top of New Zealand's South Island probably blew across the Tasman but is unlikely to live through the harsh Kiwi winter.The Bibby family were surprised to discover a large golden orb web spider feasting on bees and wasps under the pergola at their home in Mapua, near Nelson.Neville Bibby said he had no idea how the Austral..

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