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Australia identifies ‘disgusting’ balls that closed all its beaches in Sydney
In an interview with 9News, lead investigator Associate Professor Jon Beves from the University of New South Wales said, ...
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Scientists link foul black blobs on Sydney beaches to suspected sewage spill
Lead investigator Associate Professor Jon Beves from the University of New South Wales described the odour as “worse than anything you’ve ever smelt.” Professor William Alexander Donald noted that the ...
Swastikas sprayed onto abandoned car at Bexhill, near Lismore
A dumped car in northern NSW has been emblazoned with swastikas and other neo-Nazi symbols in an act that has surprised and ...
As Australian summers get hotter, there's another element far more 'difficult to predict'
Australia has started to experience a return of muggy days as temperatures climb — but what do we know about humidity and can ...
SBS6h
Summers are getting hotter. Are they also getting muggier?
Professor Steven Sherwood, an atmospheric sciences researcher from the University of New South Wales, told SBS News humidity ...
WOFL6h
‘Blobs’ that closed Australian beaches were made of poop, weed, and meth, scientists say
Thousands of mysterious blobs that closed several Sydney beaches last month have been revealed to contain materials ...
South Wales Argus14h
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
New DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem, and these prevailing interpretations come from looking at the ancient world through ...
On the growth track: How Dedicated Freight Corridors are adding to GDP, boosting Rail revenues
Dedicated Freight Corridors are specific routes for freight transportation by the Railways. Here's why they were planned, and ...
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Tributes paid to former Argus rugby writer Steve Bale
Former South Wales Argus rugby writer Steve Bale, one of the most respected and well-travelled sports reporters of the past four decades, has ...
Thousands of mysterious black balls that smell ‘worse than ANYTHING’ wash up on iconic beaches – and no one knows why
FOUL-SMELLING black balls have been spotted on multiple Australian beaches – and experts are baffled as to where they came from. The black spheres have been putting off scientists with their ...
Mysterious black balls found on beach were foul-smelling mini ‘fatbergs’
University of New South Wales chemistry professor Jon Beves helped to find out what the ‘smelly balls’ were made of, and told ...
Mysterious black debris in Sydney was not tar balls but 'much more disgusting' waste
The golf-ball-size debris that led to beach closures across the Australian city was not tar balls as first thought, but was instead made up of decomposed cooking oils, hair and food waste.