Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey
New research takes another look at the DNA of the famous glacier mummy to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter.
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Beyond Identity unveils The Passkey Journey to aid enterprise passkey deployment decisions
Beyond Identity has launched The Passkey Journey – a free, GDPR-compliant tool built to help development and user experience (UX) teams understand, plan, and optimize different end user authentication experiences. The tool solves key challenges around …
University of Sydney gambling research centre bankrolled by casinos is ‘troubling’, experts say
Institution says companies won’t ‘constrain or edit’ research, but public health expert Sean Cowlishaw calls funding relationship ‘unprecedented’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPublic health experts have critici…
Days numbered for skiers this winter as Australia’s alpine resorts dry up
Data shows a long-term decline in average and peak snow depths in the Australian alps, but direct causes are not easy to unpickGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThere are still about two months left in the usual s…
Catholic church uses death of paedophile priest in bid to stop survivor suing NSW diocese, court hears
Church claims it cannot get fair trial over alleged abuse by the notorious David Joseph Perrett in legal tactic that has drawn widespread criticismFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app…
Chief of NSW’s largest council wants developer tax to build swimming pools and libraries
Blacktown’s Kerry Robinson warns rates would need to rise by 40% to pay for community facilities for more than 250,000 expected new residentsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe chief executive of New South Wales…
Electrical union wants Australia’s net zero targets boosted by ‘substantial’ investment and state ownership
Exclusive: Influential leftwing unions to tell Labor’s national conference party it must seize ‘most significant economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s s…
Australia’s oversupply of wine tops 2.8bn bottles in wake of China trade dispute
New report suggests glut will last years, even if Beijing drops tariffs early, while prices of Australian red wine grapes plummet by more than halfSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the …
Ötzi the iceman had receding hairline and dark skin tone, study reveals
Genome analysis reveals new physical details of mummified corpse found in ice of Italian AlpsDark eyes, receding black hair, few or no freckles and a darker skin tone. This is how Ötzi the iceman, the mummified corpse found trapped in the ice of the I…