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Earth's Oldest Known Asteroid Impact Discovered in Australia
EnvironmentThe Independentla-vanguardiasbs-news1mo ago3 sources

Earth's Oldest Known Asteroid Impact Discovered in Australia

Scientists have potentially discovered Earth's oldest known asteroid impact crater in the Australian outback, dating back 3 billion years. The finding in the Pilbara region could provide new insights into the planet's early history.

Five-Year-Old Abducted in Australian Outback
Politicsdie-presse3mo ago

Five-Year-Old Abducted in Australian Outback

Concerns are growing for a five-year-old girl who disappeared from a house in the Old Timers Town Camp on the outskirts of an Australian Outback town, with investigators now believing she was abducted.

Cold Storage review – mutant-mildew plague horror comedy stuffs fun into the fungi
CultureThe Guardian5mo ago

Cold Storage review – mutant-mildew plague horror comedy stuffs fun into the fungi

Stranger Things’ Joe Keery is joined by a stellar cast battling an outbreak of virulent brain spores, but the film doesn’t offer much more than endless wisecracks and a splatterhouse grossfest ‘Pay attention! This shit is real!” screams an on-screen warning at the start of this overstuffed horror-comedy-action outing. As much as the deadly fungus it foists on Earth, an outbreak of sardonic attitude runs rampant here. It falls to two bantering storage facility workers, played by Stranger Things’ Joe Keery and Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell, to contain a potential apocalypse event – with intermittent high-grade thespian help from Lesley Manville, Vanessa Redgrave and old faithful Liam Neeson. (Somebody clearly called in a few favours here.) Things kick off as the Skylab space station falls out of orbit in 1979 – one of its research containers winds up in the Australian outback. Fast-forward to the early 00s and a team of bioterror operatives, including Robert (Neeson) and Trini (Manville), wipe out the virulent fungus that escapes – though not before it turns one of them into a human smoothie. But the Kansas facility where they stow a sample is later decommissioned, and the ground floor converted into storage lockers. Before you can say “heinous government negligence”, night-shifters Teacake (Keery) and Naomi (Campbell) are itching to check out the random alarm sounding somewhere behind the walls. Continue reading...

Expert Identifies 'Most Likely' Burial Location in Peter Falconio Murder Case
WorldThe Guardian1mo ago

Expert Identifies 'Most Likely' Burial Location in Peter Falconio Murder Case

A British expert, who advised UK police in the early 2000s and consults globally on 'no-body' homicide cases, claims to have identified a "most likely" burial location for Peter Falconio. This development comes 25 years after the murder, with new footage showing the dying Australian outback killer's refusal to reveal the body's whereabouts.

CultureFT1mo ago

Australian Outback Road Trip Adventure

An article details a classic Australian adventure: driving the Gibb River Road through ancient gorges, remote cattle stations, and crocodile-infested rivers, reminiscent of 'Crocodile Dundee'.

Man Charged in Murder of 5-Year-Old Australian Indigenous Girl
WorldBBCThe GuardianAl Jazeera+19ruvfazle-figaroder-standardmorgunbladidThe Independentindex-hrobservador+11 more3mo ago22 sources

Man Charged in Murder of 5-Year-Old Australian Indigenous Girl

A man has been charged with the murder and sexual assault of a five-year-old Indigenous Australian girl, whose death sparked widespread outrage and riots in the Australian outback.

Australian Woman Trapped in Outback Toilet After Floor Collapse
WorldBBCThe Guardianmorgunbladid+4straits-timesnewsbeastnz-heraldstar-malaysia3mo ago7 sources

Australian Woman Trapped in Outback Toilet After Floor Collapse

A woman in the Australian outback became trapped in waist-high waste for three hours after the floor of a long-drop toilet collapsed beneath her. She was eventually rescued by emergency services.