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Sydney Flash Floods Claim 1 Life

An aerial view of a neighbourhood flooded by the Acre river which continues to rise from weeks of heavy rainfall in the region including northern Bolivia and eastern Peru, in Rio Branco, Acre state March 13, 2014.  REUTERS/Odair Leal
The flash flood that hit Sydney on Monday afternoon has killed a man while two others were rushed to the hospital after being struck by lightning.
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Commercial Processing of Kangaroo Meat to Start in Parts of Victoria

Victoria will start this month, March, a two-year trial of commercial processing of kangaroo for its meat, the state government announced on Wednesday. The push for kangaroo meat sparked outrage from the animal welfare lobby and the Greens.
A mounted replica skeleton of the new oviraptorosaurian dinosaur species Anzu wyliei on display in the Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh

New Dinosaur Discovery: Scientists Call Dinosaur "Chicken from Hell"

New interesting dinosaur discovery is making its way through headlines. Scientists discovered a new dinosaur with the scientific name "Anzu Wyliei," nicknamed "Chicken from Hell" because of its bird-like appearance, which had lived in western North America during the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago.

MH370 Search Update: Where is Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane? ‘Sightings Over Maldives’ Reports Denied; Taiwanese Student Claims to Have Spotted Boeing 777

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search has entered day 12, and it still continues to puzzle experts. Now more than 26 countries are scouring the oceans and more than 3 million Internet users are rummaging satellite images on a map service. Recent update denies sightings of missing Boeing 777 in Maldives as declared by the Malaysian government. Meanwhile, a new report claims that a student from Taiwan has spotted the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 while searching through satellite images.

Greenland's Ice Sheet Unstable and Rapidly Melting as Rise in World Sea Levels Accelerate

Greenland's ice sheet is rapidly melting and no longer stable. According to a new study, the rise in sea levels will begin to accelerate because of Greenland's thinning ice sheet. Scientists have already known that Greenland's ice sheet has been melting for decades. However, this was the first time that they've discovered that the melting is also happening in the northern region of the world's second biggest ice sheet. The findings revealed that the ice loss in Greenland's nor...

New Zealand Moas' Rapid Extinction Caused by Humans, Not Environmental Change

New Zealand's moas were flightless birds that ruled over the country until the first human settlement arrived. The biggest of the moas had a height of 12 feet with an outstretched neck. The entire moa population composed of nine species had disappeared shortly after the arrival of the first humans in New Zealand in the thirteenth century.

UFO Sightings: Large Cigar-Shaped UFO Spotted Over Korosten, Ukraine

A large cigar-shaped UFO was spotted over the city of Korosten in Ukraine. The captured video on March 6 has surfaced on the Internet. The video got published on March 7, in the YouTube channel O7TV showing the UFO sighting of a large, elongated object gliding in the sky.

Dolphin Slams Aussie Surfer at Remote NSW Beach

A 27-year-old Australian surfer hit a dolphin while riding a wave at Bawley Point on the south coast of New South Wales. The accident site is about 250 kilometres south of Sydney.
A reconstruction of the Daohugou fauna in northeastern China during the Jurassic Period, featuring feathered dinosaurs, pterosaurs, early mammals and amphibians is pictured in this handout artist's illustration obtained by Reuters March 6, 2014.  A s

Prehistoric Ice Age Fossils Unearthed in Los Angeles Subway

The skull of an ocean lion believed to be two million years old as well as fossils of saber-tooth cats has been unearthed by an exploratory excavation team that's part of preparations for constructing Los Angeles' new subway extension.

2014 Comet Jacques: SONEAR Team in Brazil Spots New Comet C/2014 E2, Closest Approach to the Sun to Occur on June 29

The Brazilian astronomers have announced their discovery of a new and very bright comet called C/2014 E2 (Jacques) with the use of the SONEAR (Southern Observatory for Near Earth Asteroids Research) close to Oliveira, Brazil. On Thursday, March 13, Cristovao Jacques, E. Pimentel and J. Barros detected their second comet through the CCD images captured with a a 0.45-meter (17.7-inch) wide-field reflector at the SONEAR observatory.
A shark swims in a marine display at an aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa

World's First IVF Shark Born in Australia's Melbourne Aquarium

The world's first IVF shark was successfully hatched in Australia's Melbourne Aquarium. Australian veterinary staff and aquarists have made history with the birth of the first shark born via artificial insemination. Scientists hope that the IVF success can be used to help breed endangered species.According to Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, the first IVF shark was born on March 3. The artificial insemination process of breeding a brown branded bamboo shark began in September 2013 when aquaris...

2014 Comet Sighting: European Southern Observatory Released First Image of the ESA Rosetta Spacecraft Target Comet, 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft officially returned from its 31-month hibernation last January to resume its comet-chasing mission. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko recently re-surfaced from the behind the Sun and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) released the first image captured on Rosetta’s target comet.
A man gets out through the window of a car flooded by heavy rains in Cali March 12, 2014.  REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga

Cyclone Lusi Claims 3 Lives, Intensifies Towards New Zealand, Residents Told to Stay Indoors

Tropical Cyclone Lusi has claimed three lives in Vanuatu as it continued to intensify to a category three system as it treks towards New Zealand. Kiwis at the upper and central North Island are being advised to stay indoors as well as to prepare an emergency survival kit and household emergency plan for the incoming adverse weather.
A large snowball fight breaks out on The Mall in Washington March 3, 2014. A powerful winter storm hit the U.S. East Coast on Monday with freezing rain, snow and arctic cold, forcing cancellation of about 2,250 flights, shutting down Washington and closin

Canadians Advised to Brace for Snow in Springtime

Environment Canada cautioned residents on Wednesday to brace for winter as storm Vulcan intensifies into a powerhouse storm and dumps dump heavy snow just across the border in the most heavily populated region of the country.
Residents enjoy a night out on the seawall, illuminated by candlelight, during an event to promote 'Earth Hour' organized by WWF Peru, in Barranco's Lima district, February 26, 2014. 'Earth Hour' is a symbolic blackout held around

Climate Change and Rain Helped Genghis Khan Create the Mongolian Empire – Study

To the world nowadays, the terms global warming and climate change are parallel to food shortage, illnesses, infestation, resource competition, terrorism, soaring temperatures and possibly death of the human race and planet Earth. But did you know that it was climate change that helped Genghis Khan to conquer and take over Asia? Rain was his foremost ally.

2014 Celestial Events: Bright Star Regulus Occultation to Take Place on March 20

On March 20, Thursday, sky gazers can witness the occultation of Regulus, a bright star in Leo, for 14 seconds as the 45-mile-wide asteroid 163 Erigone passes by. Clear skies will allow the visibility on the occultation shortly after 2:05 am with the asteroid’s shadow, approximately 67 miles wide, traveling at over 10,000mph in the southeast to northwest direction across the Earth’s surface.

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