Asteroid coming ‘close’ to Earth

The asteroid, 2011 ES4, is still classed as “potentially hazardous” even though it will be between 72,000km and 16 million kilometres away when it passes on Tuesday. The moon, by comparison, is 384,000km away from Earth.

NASA is confident it’s not going to hit us.

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Carpet pythons make a home in Brisbane ceiling

David Tait found the two reptiles, 2.8m and 2.5m long respectively, weighing about 22kg in total, in his Dayboro home on Monday morning.

They had smashed a hole in the fibro ceiling in his kitchen before they slithered their way to a bedroom and the living room.

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Russian doctors pull 1.2-metre snake from woman’s mouth

The snake had reportedly slithered inside the woman while she was asleep in the backyard of her home in the village of Levashi, Dagestan, 7 News reported.

The woman was taken to hospital and placed under general anaesthetic after feeling unwell.

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How we know vaccines are safe

There are 31 vaccine candidates being trialled around the world, all in different phases, according to the World Health Organisation.

There are a further 142 in preclinical evaluation, including one at the University of Queensland.

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Mysterious radio bursts return

The phenomenon of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) was first detected by Australian radio astronomers at the Parkes Telescope in 2007 (using archived data from 2001).

FRBs are a flare of electromagnetic energy, with the intensity of tens of millions of suns.

Since 2007 more than 100 have been identified.

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Leading Oxford vaccine expert shares wisdom with Australian pharmacists

Professor Sarah Gilbert delivered a webinar on Tuesday night to 1200 Australian, New Zealand, British and Egyptian pharmacists, detailing her “mission” to create the world’s first mass-produced COVID-19 vaccine, which could be administered in community pharmacies around the country.

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‘Heartbreaking’ story behind photo of emu

Photographer and graphic designer Benjamin Horgan told news.com.au he pulled over his car to take a photo of the emu after seeing it seated in a paddock near Kojonup in Western Australia.

He kept a safe distance from the bird, which he said was “very calm” as he approached.

But as he got closer, the farmer who owned... ( подробнее )

Удивительные паническое бегство дельфинов в плен

Капитан Дэйв Дана-Пойнт Дельфин & наблюдение за китами, сафари захватили невероятные кадры из стручка около 300 животных, плавающих вдоль океана у берегов Дана Пойнт в Калифорнии.

Компания заявила, что было “замечательное” наблюдение за китами поездки.

“Есть больше, чем обычно, количество детских дельфинов в это время года”,... ( подробнее )

Эксперт "оптимистичной" о вакцине против этого вируса

“Очевидно, мы все еще должны пройти через все фазы клинических испытаний, и мы только приступили к фазе два, но я очень оптимистично настроен”, - рассказывает доктор Пол Гриффин рассказал Восход в четверг утром.

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Владельцы убийца слонов жалею переноса зоопарка

Арна раздавил ее обработчика Рэй Уильямс, 57, до смерти в ямбе на северном побережье государства 27 декабря 2007 года.

Цирк Звездная пыль, Последний оставшийся экзотических животных цирка в Австралии, сделал “душераздирающие” решение уйти в отставку и ее и свои другие жижи слона для зоопарка Вестерн-Плейнс в Даббо на следующий день.

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