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Invisible sharks, lantern sharks: new study of bioluminescence

Lantern sharks

  The light can make you more visible, but in the same time could help you become invisible sharks seem to found out how this trick works. A recent study has shown that splendid lantern shark, besides glowing in the darkness of the deep waters, can create through light effects a “cloak of invisibility” wich helps it to avoid predators. Also, this study gathered provings that the cylin…

Eric Stroud invented the magnetic repellent for shark attacks

Eric Stroud's "smart hook" is magnetized and wrapped with a magnesium alloy foil

Eric Stroud, an American chemist, says he’s found a substance – several, in fact – that can repel some of the most fearsome predators in the ocean. He wants to use his discovery to protect them, and us. Eric Stroud is setting up an experiment. He unwraps twenty pounds of frozen sardines, drops them into a mesh bag tied to the pier, and tosses the bag into the water. He’s h…

Labor Day weekend: Cape Cod beaches closed after multiple reports of sharks

A number of popular Cape Cod beaches have been closed after multiple reports of sharks

…popular Cape Cod beaches have been closed after multiple reports of sharks This weekend’s beach closure was partly prompted by shark spotter Greg Skomal, who said he had seen three sharks up to 18 feet long swimming near the coast, according to the Cape Cod Times. At Nauset Beach, lifeguards were on hand to prevent people from going into the water other than to get their feet wet. One woman…

Rachel Campbell films more than 100 sharks in feeding frenzy over dead whale

Rachel Campbell and her friends filmed an amazing scene with more than 100 tiger sharks furiously feeding over the carcass of a dead whale on the beach near Warroora Station

Rachel Campbell and her friends filmed an amazing scene with more than 100 tiger sharks furiously feeding over the carcass of a dead whale on the beach near Warroora Station in northwestern Australia. Then the surfers wandered a kilometre or so up the beach and went for a surf anyway. Writing on her blog Rachel Campbell said: “I was collecting shells along the beach with my mum. Searching the whi…

Facebook removes Australian page depicting Aboriginal people as drunks and welfare cheats

Facebook has removed an Australian page that depicted Aboriginal people as drunks and welfare cheats after a public outcry

…e. An online petition calling for the removal of “the racist page” has generated thousands of signatures. The government has also condemned it. The page’s creator is believed to be a 16-year-old boy in Perth, reports say. Facebook has removed an Australian page that depicted Aboriginal people as drunks and welfare cheats after a public outcry “We recognize the public conce…

Australian lower house backs offshore processing camps

Australian lower house has approved laws allowing offshore processing camps for asylum seekers to be re-established in Papua New Guinea and Nauru

…ished in Papua New Guinea and Nauru The move comes amid rising numbers of asylum seekers travelling to Australia by boat from Indonesia. Officials reported that at least three boats carrying more than 150 people were intercepted on Tuesday. Australian officials say offshore processing is needed as a deterrent against making the perilous journey – pointing out that many lives have been lost i…

Adam Goodes: Aboriginal Australian Rules footballer confronts 13-year-old racist girl calling him an ape

Adam Goodes ran past racist girl and responded by turning around and pointing out her to security who escorted her from the Melbourne stadium

Australian Rules footballer Adam Goodes has been praised for his uncompromising reaction after a 13-year-old girl shouted out a racist remark to him during a game on Friday night. Sydney Swans forward Adam Goodes – who is an Aboriginal Australian – was called an “ape” by the girl as he ran past her and responded by turning around and pointing out the girl to security who escorted her…

Shark Week 2011

Shark Week

Shark Week began on Sunday, July, 31 with a premiere, “Great White Invasion”, about a horde of great white sharks that were swimming along the beaches from South Africa to Australia, and near the coast of California.   Discovery Channel broadcasted Shark Week for the first time in 1987, on July 27. In 2000, 6 millions viewers, from United States, and from Canada, received 3D Pulf…

Halle Berry close encounter with great white sharks in behind the scenes footage of Dark Tide

Halle Berry is seen having close encounters with great white sharks in behind the scenes footage of her movie Dark Tide

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Australia: Surfer Torn In Half In A Deadly Shark Attack.

The young surfer was bitten in two by the shark, which had grabbed him from the waist down

…and fishing spot. But local people said it was known that sharks prowled the waters and there was also the added danger of powerful undersea currents. Australian Shark Attack File said there have been 13 other fatal shark attacks around the continent since 2002. Today’s tragedy on the Australian beach was the second this year – in February an abalone diver was killed when he was attack…

American diver killed by great white shark in Western Australia

An American diver was killed today by a great white shark in the second fatal shark attack off the coast of Western Australia state in 12 days

An American diver was killed today by a great white shark in the second fatal shark attack off the coast of Western Australia state in 12 days. The victim, who has yet to be named, is said to have died from “shocking” injuries after witnesses reported seeing a 10-foot great white shark. The American man was a 32-year-old U.S. citizen who diving alone off a 25 feet boat near Rottnest Island, which…

Sea otter populations significant decline may be explained by great white sharks attacks

According to experts, shark attacks may be to blame for the significant decline in sea otter populations around the California coast

…here is nothing to be done about the supposed shark attacks, calling the trend, calling the shark’s behavior “natural”. Sea otters are the heaviest members of the weasel family, weighing between 35 to 100 lbs. However, they are the second smallest marine mammal. Its coat is the densest in the animal kingdom and allows them to stay warm despite frigid water temperatures. They live on a diet of muss…

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer will build Titanic II

Australian Clive Palmer has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic

…weeks after the centenary of the sinking of the ill-fated Titanic. The vessel, the largest luxury ship in its time, struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. It went down on 15 April 1912, leaving more than 1,500 people dead. Australian Clive Palmer has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic “Of course it will sin…

Yunupingu dead: Indigenous Australian singer of Yothu Yindi band dies aged 56

Mandawuy Yunupingu, lead singer of Yothu Yindi, died at his home in the Northern Territory after suffering from kidney disease

…He was a significant cultural figure whose music helped bridge the divide between white and black Australians. Yunupingu is also widely credited with introducing indigenous music to the world with the 1990s hit Treaty. The song, which blends indigenous music and rock, made him a household name. Mandawuy Yunupingu, lead singer of Yothu Yindi, died at his home in the Northern Territory after suffer…

Jenson Button won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix for McLaren

McLaren's Jenson Button won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as his team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished third

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Lady Gaga steps out in tiger-print leotard during Australian tour

Lady Gaga stepped out in a tiger-print leotard to celebrate the Fourth of July in Melbourne during her Australian tour

…l get to hear her new song Princess Die which she debuted at her Melbourne concert this week. The song has outraged fans of the late Princess Diana, who believe the lyrics refer to her tragic death in 1997. On a less controversial note, Lady Gaga has expressed her excitement for the forthcoming No Doubt record. Lady Gaga gushed on her Twitterpage: “Is anyone else freaking out about No Doubt puttin…

Kate Middleton pregnant: Hoax call to King Edward VII Hospital made by Australian 2Day FM

Australian 2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian impersonated the Queen and Prince Charles and found themselves talking to pregnant Kate Middleton's private nurse

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Australian media watchdog launches inquiry into 2Day FM royal hoax after Jacintha Saldanha’s death

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will focus on the 2Day FM license holder and not directly on the presenters who made the prank call

The Australian media watchdog has launched a formal inquiry into the hoax call to the London hospital, where Kate Middleton was being treated, after nurse Jacintha Saldanha’s death. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead on Friday, three days after taking the call from Australian radio station 2Day FM. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will focus on the 2Day FM license hold…

Australian Rules Football: A quick guide

Australian Rules Football is a physical contact sport that is described as a cross between rugby and football

Australian Rules Football (AFL) is a physical contact sport that is described as a cross between rugby which is from the UK and Gaelic football which originated in Ireland. AFL’s rules were codified in 1858 – predating soccer, football, rugby and Gaelic football. Australian Rules Football is a physical contact sport that is described as a cross between rugby and football Today it is…

Margaret Thatcher branded racist by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Lateline

Some of Margaret Thatcher’s comments have been described as "unabashedly racist" by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr

…function of the state”. Lady Thatcher had been “right in joining [former US President Ronald] Reagan and denouncing the old Soviet Union as an evil dictatorship”, he said. “On 100 other things I would pick arguments with her and I recall one conversation I had with her in her retirement where she said something that was unabashedly racist, where she warned Australia –…

Men paradise created on Pumpkin Island by Australian beer company XXXX Gold

Australian beer brewer XXXX Gold has created an island paradise just for men on Pumpkin Island in Queensland

…Queensland Tourism Queensland CEO Anthony Hayes said the move was a considerable “coup” for Queensland. “It’s a wonderful free kick after all that’s happened in the past 12 months,” Anthony Hayes said. “It sends a great message to all of the Queensland tourism industry that things are picking up again.” A XXXX Gold spokeswoman said it was a great wa…

Apple will refund Australian customers over the new iPad 4G capabilities

Apple has announced that will refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad

Apple has announced that will refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad. The country’s consumer watchdog has taken Apple to court for false advertising because the tablet computer does not work on Australia’s 4G network. Apple’s lawyers said they were willing to publish a clarification. However, Appler the company does not accept that…

KFC has to pay $8.3M to Monika Samaan, an Australian girl poisoned by a Twister wrap

Monika Samaan has been left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a KFC chicken meal

KFC has been ordered to pay $8.3 million to the family of Monika Samaan, an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a chicken meal. Monika Samaan fell ill with salmonella poisoning after eating a “Twister” wrap at a KFC restaurant near Sydney in 2005. The poisoning left her wheelchair-bound and unable to speak. The fast-food giant said it was “deeply…

Muscle leggings designed by Australian label Black Milk Clothing go on sale

The new leggings are printed with the anatomically correct layout of the bare human muscle, with sinews, ligaments and muscle fibres printed in blood red and cost $80

The concept of being underdressed have been brought to another meaning by the Australian label Black Milk Clothing by launching a range of leggings that emulate muscles with the skin torn off. The new leggings are printed with the anatomically correct layout of the bare human muscle, with sinews, ligaments and muscle fibres printed in blood red. Those who enjoy pushing sartorial boundaries will n…

Airbus A380 super-jumbo must be grounded, say Australian aircraft engineers

In total, 67 Airbus A380s are in use worldwide, on seven airlines: Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, Korean Airlines and China Southern

…thansa, Korean Airlines and China Southern The A380 has been in service for five years. It seats 525 passengers in a typical three-class arrangement. In total, 238 of the aircraft have been ordered by 17 airlines worldwide. The planes are assembled in Toulouse, but parts are built across Europe, with the wings being built in Broughton, Wales. Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Qantas Airways said on Fri…

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