You have to pass Year 12 with very high
marks as getting into a university course is a cut-throat business with
only the best applicants being accepted! Full Story.
Phrases like "Carbon Offsetting", "Carbon
Neutral" and "Carbon
Footprint" are being bandied around the media like an old pair of socks
lateley. You'll often hear your favourite movie star, or band, talking
of their contributions to making the world a little greener. But why?
Find out Here.
In new statistics fresh out of the United Kingdom, it has
come about that GCSE results, similar in form to VCE or HSC
here in Australia, have revealed that, on average, the girls
scored some 9 per cent higher than boys across the board. Full
Story.
Star Wars : Where Science Meets Imagination features more than 80 costumes, interactive exhibits, models and props from all six Star Wars movies. We take an exclusive look behind the scenes of this amazing new educational exhibition.
A new 'knowledge engine' called Wolfram|Alpha was launched on the
15th of May and it works quite differently to a regular
search engine, vis-�-vis Web Wombat or Google.Wolfram|Alpha
contains 10+ trillion pieces of data, 50,000+ types of algorithms and
models and linguistic capabilities for 1000+ domains. Full
Story.
Twitter is on everyone's lips - better yet -
everyone is a-twitter with Twitter! You see,
in today's economic climate, businesses really must take advantage of
any and all means to remain one step ahead of the competition.
We know that just as in
Hollywood’s enactments, the Deadwood Stage did
roll-out over the hills, lawbreakers were lynched on the streets of
“the shootin’est town in the West,” and
that Wild Bill and Calamity
Jane were known to step the boardwalks together and share a drink or
five in the local saloons. Full
Story.
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.
Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for
survival. We unlock the secrets that most people never knew!
According to a media
release by the Education Department of Victoria,
Education Services Minister Jacinta Allan recently announced that new
special hardship measures are in place to "help families transport deaf
and hearing impaired students to and from government schools with deaf
facilities". Full
Story.
Despite the huge process of organising contact details and trying to
get people enthusiastic about meeting up again, reunions can be a
rewarding experience that can re-ignite many friendships.
Scribble a few words on a piece of paper,
doodle on a bar coaster or
simply scratch your ear while you’re talking, and within
seconds Alice
will be telling you everything you ever did – or more likely,
did not –
want to know about yourself. And with an accuracy bordering the scary.
He is a pained man on a mission. Dr Thomas J
Goreau is sickened with
seeing widespread and massive destruction of coral reefs that were once
resplendent underwater rainforests, a joy to fishes and fishermen alike.
The
shower might use about 200kwh (that’s 3kW, 10 minutes a day),
whereas your electron-gobbling PC can use up to 350kwh
(that’s
150w for 5-6 hours a day). Even if you leave it switched off, it can be
using as much as 15w on standby, making a staggering 130kWh per year.
When
people can fly into space just as easily they fly around the world,
this planet will no longer be the limits of our exploration. Launching
its new mothership, one company has almost reached this point.
Since the dawn of mankind, plants and
animals have provided solutions to
many of our illnesses by learning more about how they
live and stay alive. It has now
become increasingly difficult for research in natural
medicinal sources due to the rapid loss and even extinction of animals
and plants.
