Everything About the Cricket Marsh Cup n 2021-22, the Marsh One-Day Cup celebrated its 53rd year on the official List. The reigning champions were New South Wales. The tournament final was set for February 27, 2022, and Cricket Australia officially announced it on July 21, 2021. What Is Marsh Cricket? Mitchell Marsh is an all-rounder […]
Extensive underwater camera network to monitor and protect ocean wildlife and blue economies
The ocean wildlife and diverse ecosystems of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) will soon be more visible than ever thanks to pioneering work to establish a major network of underwater camera deployments. Funded as part of the UK Government Blue Belt programme, scientists from Cefas, the University of Western Australia and partners in the UKOTs […]
Absolute moo-nit: Look at this really big cow
BY CHLOE BRYAN From Mashable Friends, gather round. We’d like you to look at this really big cow (OK, steer) named Knickers, who is six feet, three inches tall and currently dwarfing his peers on a farm in Western Australia. Knickers, a seven-year-old Holstein Friesian, who was originally purchased to lead other cattle around, currently […]
US firm begins final search for MH370 with underwater drones
A United States-based seabed exploration firm finalized a deal to continue searching for the missing flight MH370 with the Malaysian government on Friday, according to Newsweek. It’s been almost three years since the Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared with 239 people on board while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. There were massive […]
Dolphins prove they’re the coolest animals alive by hydroplaning on the shore
BY SAMANTHA SCELZO From Mashable Just when you thought dolphins couldn’t get any smarter or cooler, they show up every other animal in the kingdom and hydroplane like the speed demons they are. In this video uploaded to Youtube by BBC Earth, dolphins in Western Australia hunt for fish by zooming along the shoreline in […]
Scientists are using satellites to spot whales from outer space
BY ARIEL BOGLE from Mashable A humpback whale may be a huge creature to the human eye, but they’re still tough to spot from space. Until recently, the necessary high-resolution satellite technology wasn’t readily available, but researchers in Western Australia are beginning to use satellite imagery to check on the size of local populations. The […]
World’s oldest axe
The ‘discovery’ of the world’s oldest ax reveals a major problem in this field By Peter Hiscock, The Conversation From Business Insider The discovery of evidence of the world’s oldest axe is reported by my colleagues and I in a paper published in Australian Archaeology this week. As often happens, this announcement was the result […]
Scientist: Caribbean whales speak with an accent, mon!
By GEOFFREY GILLER/HAKAI MAGAZINE From Virgin Islands Free Press If you want to know where someone comes from, you might listen to how they speak. Their accent or use of particular words may give you clues to their provenance. As it turns out, the same is true for whales. In a new study, scientists show […]