It’s all to help raise money for bushfire recovery, Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon that fits on a human fingertip is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile, Three Australian children are ditching regular life on land to sail the Atlantic Ocean on a yacht with their parents ‘for as long as it’s fun’, which could mean two, five or even 10 years at sea, With rumbling ships, hammering oil drills and other big noises, humans have completely altered the underwater soundscape, in some cases deafening or disorienting whales and other animals, Teenagers and young men are the targets of new ads designed to shock them about how easy it is to be sucked into ads for sugary drinks and get hooked on drinking them, Aussie kids are most looking forward to spending time with their friends this year after an interrupted 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of a survey by Kids News, A phrase that was widely used in 2016 when Donald Trump first became US President has been crowned the “word of the decade”, outperforming “Karen”, the people’s choice winner last year, An experiment that’s easy to try at home has shown “talented” dogs are able to learn the name of a new object after hearing it four times, an ability previously thought to be confined to humans, Racism is something we should all seek to bring to an end, whether it be in our daily lives, politics or in sport, writes Mark Knight in his column explaining the story behind this cartoon, Captain Sir Tom Moore, the UK World War II veteran who walked up and down his garden to raise money for health care workers, has died after testing positive for COVID-19. Herald Republican (Steuben County) News Sun (Noble and LaGrange counties) The Star (DeKalb County) ... local hospital systems across Indiana were ringing alarm bells loudly about their capacity. Eight people who stayed on the same floor as a COVID ‘superspreader’ in Qld before leaving quarantine will be retested and isolate again. With activity sheets to download, Share your experiences of last summer’s bushfires for a chance to have your poem published in a special book commemorating the Black Summer fires, Two very special dogs have a very special job as guardians of some critically endangered eastern barred bandicoots just released into a conservation reserve in western Victoria, You can now hear the sounds of space, according to a NASA project that has assigned musical notes and instruments to the goings-on of two supernovas and a colliding cluster of galaxies, Standing straight and walking tall for the first time in her life, 11-year-old Nichole Jamelo can’t wait to take on the world now that two 90-degree bends in her spine have been straightened out, The identity has been revealed of the person who solved clues written into a poem, then found a famous gold-filled treasure chest hidden more than a decade ago in the wilds of Wyoming, The Natural History Museum is inviting you to vote for your favourite among the finalist entries in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award, It has been a year dominated by crises, from bushfires to coronavirus, yet neither were the most Google-searched terms in Australia. Find daily local breaking news, opinion columns, videos and community events. As of February 22nd, Durham Herald Sun will no longer offer an online self service portal for general classifieds. $1 for 3 months. Australian scientists have made diamonds at room temperature by squashing carbon with the weight of 640 elephants, Ships and planes have disappeared without a trace in the Bermuda Triangle. The new CEO, a tram fast track and traffic congestion on major GC roads - you've got plenty of unanswered questions when it comes to the Gold Coast. Orang-utans get helicopter ride back to the wild. Feb 28, 2021 ... great news for Australian Olympians of the past, present and future. Organizers hand out materials for making signs as more than a dozen people gathered in Lincoln Park Thursday evening to protest … James Tedesco is one of rugby league’s best players, but he wants to take the next step and become a better leader - which is why he wants to captain NSW on the Origin stage again this season. Rare footage has been captured of a male seahorse giving birth to dozens of offspring — yes, that’s right, a male having babies! Staff Report. Please consider supporting The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun by purchasing a digital subscription. WATCH LIVE AT 12PM FRIDAYS. 2021 News-Herald boys swimming and diving all-stars Beachwood vs. Apple Creek Waynedale boys basketball March 2 district capsule News Updates Local News | heraldmailmedia.com. Six Dr Seuss books that ‘portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong’ will no longer be printed as part of a commitment to represent and support all communities and families, While editorial cartoons are generally designed to give their readers a laugh (usually at a politician’s expense), it’s not always the case. Two men charged and over $4 million in drugs seized following joint operation by Raptor Squad and QPOL, Reynolds ‘deeply sorry’ for calling Higgins a ‘lying cow’. Scott Morrison said he would “welcome” a coronial inquest as the Sex Discrimination Commissioner will review federal parliamentary workplaces. 32°. These are the faces to watch in 2021. A date for the first Aussie-made vaccines has been revealed, and there’s also good news for industries heavily reliant on overseas worker. This story is exclusively available for subscribers. SUBSCRIBE NOW. Follow crime, agriculture, business, tourism and the environment, including the Everglades. 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The one-tonne triceratops skeleton has been described as one of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found, Climate change is increasingly damaging UN World Heritage sites including the Great Barrier Reef, a new report warns, while 2020 is on track to be the second hottest year on record, Mark Knight chooses a favourite cartoon from 2020 and explains the process of starting with a news event, gathering ideas and working towards a drawing to tell even more of the story, Kmart has added to its range of inclusive toys with the Baby Charlie with Down Syndrome dolls, just in time for International Day of People with Disability on December 3, Another mysterious triangular metal pillar has been found next to an ancient fortress in the city of Piatra Neamt, Romania, days after one vanished without a trace in the desert in Utah, US, An Australian geologist is working to uncover the fossilised scene of a T-rex and a triceratops apparently locked in a ferocious duel, the teeth of the T-rex embedded in the other’s spine, In under two weeks the CSIRO’s world-leading radio telescope in Western Australia has created a Google Maps-like atlas or map of our Universe, in the meantime discovering many new galaxies, The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt travel around the world but the Prime Minister has confirmed that no matter what happens to Australia’s borders Santa will be able to do his job, Watching the devastation of Australia’s koalas during last summer’s bushfires was too much to bear for these nature-loving kids — so they are doing something about it, A young inventor can now bring her idea to life after it caught the attention of some of Australia’s brightest minds and scored her a big cash prize to help make it happen, Deep in the remote, Mars-like landscape of Utah’s red-rock desert in the US, a helicopter crew counting sheep stumbled on a mystery: A giant, gleaming metal thing embedded in rock, With his relaxation on wearing masks outdoors it seems Premier Dan has saved Victorians yet again, this time not from coronavirus but from weird facial tanning outcomes, Instead of famous streets in far-off London, a new Monopoly board features 22 Australian towns and regions to raise funds for communities impacted by bushfires, floods and COVID-19, Adelaide Strikers’ super-fast bowler Darcie Brown has been named Young Gun of the WBBL as she completes her year 12 exams from inside a Cricket Australia player hub, China has launched a spacecraft to collect rocks from the Moon for the first time in more than 40 years. Local news, articles and opinions from the Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper in South Mississippi. As Southside’s men’s team prepares for their first competitive game of 2021 when they face Leichhardt in the FFA Cup, Comets coach Chris Collins is looking at yet another rebuild. Read the latest North Carolina News from the Durham Herald Sun newspaper in The Triangle. Read 12-year-old Kirra Dangerfield’s poem, “The ash black land”, It’s getting busy around Mars, with two spacecraft recently entering the red planet’s orbit and another about to arrive, University of Adelaide scientists have released a video that, for the first time, shows the movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates over the past billion years, Millions — perhaps billions — of people around the world are preparing for a very important annual celebration — Chinese or Lunar New Year. We want students to share their thoughts on 2020, a year like we’ve never seen before, Because we can’t let the kids have all the fun, here’s the Kids News teachers’ survey so educators can have their say on 2020 too, In nature, diamonds take billions of years, heat and pressure to form. Find daily local breaking news, opinion columns, videos and community events. It’s hoped there will be more to hear from Mars soon as the rover gets to work, Melbourne Zoo’s oldest residents have shown no one’s ever too old to learn. Here are some of the year’s memorable moments, David Walliams introduces Code Name Bananas, in which an orphaned boy named Eric makes friends with a gorilla named Gertrude and they save the day! Breaking news from Sydney, Australia and the world. Read the latest South Mississippi News and opinions from the Biloxi Sun Herald newspaper in South Mississippi. Elephant Mek Kapah and tortoises Wilbur, Little John and Jean are all involved in their own health checks, Boys who aren’t active are not harmed by playing video games, a new study has found. At least we can still aim for peace and goodwill, China and Nepal jointly announced a new and slightly higher official height of 8848.86m for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a disagreement between the two nations, Breakdancing, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing have been approved for inclusion at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in a bid to include sports popular among young people, A book that has travelled the world on yachts with sailors since 1987 has finally been returned to the Townsville library with a note that reads “we are sorry that this book is a little overdue”, Meet Kirrah Stothers, one of the stars of an inspirational documentary about young indigenous students following their dreams to change the world, Big Bash cricket is back — but it will look a bit different this summer. 919-829-4831. DOWNLOAD YOUR CLUB POSTER NOW. 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