tasmania
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Climate Change Likely Killed Off Tasmanian Tigers
Image: Baker; E.J. Keller/Smithsonian There are plenty of reasons species go extinct. Perhaps they die en masse in a meteor event, or a new species comes along that outperforms or eats them. These days, humans can often play a role, like they did with the passenger pigeon — literally hunting it to extinction. But what…
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Take A Deep Breath Before Watching This Slackliner Risk His Neck
Video: Here’s a good reason to be happy about finding yourself in bed on a Tuesday night. You can safely watch Ryan Paul Robinson attempt to slackline over surf-pounded rocks to the 32m tall Moai Tower in Tasmania from the comfort of your doona. Although, like Robinson, your heart might be pounding by the end…
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TPG’s Tasmania Customers Now Have Better Internet Speed, After Government Intervention
It’s been on the cards since Basslink, the power / data carrying cable that connects Tasmania to mainland Australia, was damaged in late December last year. Yet, TPG was happy to leave customers with degraded internet, potentially for months, until intervention from the Tasmanian government forced the ISP’s hand.
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Scientists Discover New Species In Australia That Looks Like A Giant Snot
Fan films come and go, but making a feature-length Minecraft movie? That’s taking fandom to a whole new level.