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Ireland under ‘tornado warning’

Geoff Ebbs /14 April, 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013 – 02:02 PM A level one tornado warning has been issued for Ireland today by a European storm forecaster. The European Storm Forecast Experiment – also known as Estofex – says a level one warning is the lowest warning out of three, and says there’s just a 5% probability of a tornado hitting Continue Reading →

Postage costs soar by 30% as online retail booms

Neville /7 April, 2013

Sarah Whyte Consumer affairs reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald The prices of prepaid Australia Post packages have been raised by up to 30 per cent to take advantage of the online shopping boom. For the first time, most of Australia Post’s revenue comes from parcels instead of letters, and 70 per cent of parcels are Continue Reading →

Homo-sapiens – A fire species

Geoff Ebbs /27 March, 2013

Professor Andrew Glikson argues that Climate Chaos as a result of burning may be the inevitable outcome of human evolution. Read this fascinating article that demands a significant response. Unique among all creatures the genus Homo is defined by its bipedalism, an increase in its cranial volume from Australopithecines to Hominines, and cultural features― including the use of Continue Reading →

Melbourne plans rail network 20 years out

Geoff Ebbs /27 March, 2013

Public Transport Victoria’s chief executive officer, Ian Dobbs, released a plan for a metro-style rail network on Wednesday. Read the report here In the plan, Mr Dobbs put the Melbourne Metro rail tunnel ahead of every other future rail project, including the long-awaited rail lines to Doncaster, Rowville and Melbourne Airport, saying the inner city’s Continue Reading →