Subaru boxers celebrate 50 years of punching and other top stories.

• Subaru boxers celebrate 50 years of punching

  

  ► 50 years of Subaru boxer engines► The tech behind flat fours and sixes► Plus the best of Subaru's boxer hits It’s 50 years since Subaru put a horizontally opposed engine in its cars, and five decades later, it is still slugging away at the concept like an old brawler on the ropes trying to land a knock-out blow. Subaru is resolutely unorthodox, and so are its engines. Advantages of the boxer are smoothness and a low centre of gravity. The punch and counterpunch of the opposing pistons cancel ..

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• Election campaign off to bad start, even before it's officially declared

  

  Giles Parkinson, reneweconomy.com.au In its budget presentation last Tuesday, the Coalition government gave no mention of climate change or clean energy, despite banking on its theme of ‘innovation’, a nimble and agile Australia and a ‘new economy’. When the campaign was finally launched, Turnbull – the man who said he would never lead a party that didn’t take climate change seriously – saw no reason to correct the record. By Monday, the first day of the campaign, the man voted in at least part..

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• Turnbull leads Twitter conversation

  

  Turnbull leads Twitter conversation

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• Drink-drivers in Victorian Government's sights under new mandatory interlock laws

  

  Drink-drivers in Victorian Government's sights under new mandatory interlock laws Updated May 13, 2016 14:02:16 All Victorian drink-drivers caught over the legal limit will be forced to install alcohol interlocks to their cars for at least six months, under tough new laws designed to drive down the road toll.The Andrews Government will also consider lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit from .05 to .02 if evidence shows it will reduce the number of people killed on the..

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• Doom - What parents should know about this reboot of the classic shooter franchise

  

  DOOM is the granddaddy of shooting-people-in-the-head games and has sold over 10 million copies since its 1993 debut. A new version of the game is released today for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC that updates the gory fast paced action with modern high definition graphics. To help you make an informed choice on whether to play the game this parent’s guide highlights what’s great and what to watch out for. Background DOOM is played from a first person perspective and involves fast-paced com..

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• Stench From Dead Coral Reefs Stops Fish From Learning to Avoid Predators | The Weather Channel

  

  Amid the ongoing threat of coral bleaching and deaths, researchers decided to study large changes in the fish population that coincided with this phenomenon. They discovered that this degradation can directly affect how fish learn to avoid predators. In a study recently published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of scientists determined that the smell caused by dead coral affects the ability of fish to sense the presence of a threat. One of the strongest El Niños on reco..

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• Oldest micrometeorites ever found hold clues to Earth's ancient atmosphere

  

  Space Oldest micrometeorites ever found hold clues to Earth's ancient atmosphere Michael Franco May 12, 2016 About 2.4 billion years ago on Earth, something known as the Great Oxygenation Event occurred when Earth's lower atmosphere began to become rich in O2 as oxygen sinks such as dissolved iron and organic material became saturated and couldn't hold any more. Before that, the air near the..

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