The ancient site of Palmyra, parts of which have reportedly now been destroyed by Islamic State. Reuters/Mohamed AzakirDetails are still emerging of the scale of destruction on the heritage site of Palmyra in Syria. Now work is beginning by archaeologists at Oxford and Harvard, determined to create a digital record of the ancient sites that...
Me, myself and eyeair009From owls to butterflies to monkeys, there are many examples where the visual part of the brain has evolved to devote more resources to tasks that are particularly important for a species. Nocturnal animals like owls have enhanced night vision at the expense of good colour vision, for example. This type of trade-off is...
Strange bedfellows: UUP leader Mike Nesbitt (centre left) and DUP leader Peter Robinson (centre right) outside Stormont.Niall Carson/PANorthern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has decided to abandon meetings of the Northern Ireland Executive “except in exceptional circumstances” because of the alleged involvement of the...
Bernie Fraser has resigned as chair of the Climate Change Authority. Lukas Coch/AAPThe chairman of the Climate Change Authority, Bernie Fraser, has quit – apparently after a long period of bad relations with Environment Minister Greg Hunt.
It is believed Fraser – who is a former secretary of the Treasury and former governor of the...
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