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Watch This Flaming Meteor Caught on Camera Near Tasmania
Video of a flaming meteor has been captured on film off the coast of Tasmania. The fireball was captured by a live stream camera by a research vessel run by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Tasmanian Meteor The meteor was spotted by the bridge crew of the CSIRO’s Investigator on Wednesday November…
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Australian Scientists Name New Flies After Marvel Characters Like Deadpool and Loki
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) just named 165 new species and five of them are flies named after Marvel characters. This is pretty cool, and the Deadpool one is on point. But the translation of the latin names for the new Marvel flies are even better. What’s in a name? “A species…
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Australian Scientists Invented A Fitness Tracker For Cows
The CSIRO has partnered with agricultural startup Ceres Tag to develop what is basically a wearable for livestock. Maybe cows will jump over the moon after all? If you don’t like that I could also make a pun about ‘moovement’. I’m so sorry.
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Australia Creates 3,300 Tonnes Of Lithium-Ion Battery Waste A Year: Here’s What We Are Doing About It
A new CSIRO report reveals Australia’s potential to be a world leader in re-using and recycling lithium-ion battery waste.