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CASHS grad Zachary Cairns' music featured in CASHS Concert Band spring ...

Cairns attended Penn State University, earning a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in music theory. After his time at Penn State he attended the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, where he earned a PhD in music ... >> view original

Mount Emerald wind farm poisoning claims aired at Senate hearing in Cairns

Wind farm inquiry to hit CanberraEchonetdaily >> view original

Melbourne group pays $75.08 million for the Pullman Cairns International and ...

The transaction included the adjoining Village Lane Retail Centre and under-ground commercial car-park. Growth in the Queensland hotel markets performance has accelerated in the first quarter of 2015. Cairns in particular had one of the highest growths ... >> view original

Will a Toowoomba school grow the heaviest sunflower?

A SEA of sunflowers will face the scales on today at The University of Queensland's Gatton Campus. Toowoomba students are among more than 3000 high school students from across Australia who have spent 12 weeks transforming humble sunflower seeds ... >> view original

Tiny Microbes May Cleanse Urban Waterways of Pollutants

Scientists have discovered tiny microbes with the potential to cleanse polluted waterways. They've found that microbial communities in urban waterways not only clean the water, but also act as raw water quality indicators. (Photo : Flickr/Joe Green). Scientists ... >> view original

Delisting the humpback: A good idea?

... * They were listed as endangered in 1970 under the Endangered Species Conservation Act and are still covered by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. » Read more. X. Fast facts on humpbacks. * They were listed as endangered in 1970 under the ... >> view original

ISS astronauts angling to add this awesome new laser cannon

Astronauts on the International Space Station have devised a plan to shoot down space trash with this high-powered laser. You would be surprised by how much trash is floating in Earth's lower orbit, and astronauts aboard the International Space Station have ... >> view original

'Sea Sparkles' put on sensational light show in southern Tasmania

Parts of the River Derwent shoreline are lighting up like neon at night thanks to a flash mob of billions of minute marine organisms that glow in the dark. Over the past few nights around Hobart, blooms of single-cell organisms called dinoflagellates have ... >> view original

Australian scientists part of team to discover new mechanism that triggers ...

Australian scientists are part of a team that has accidentally made a breakthrough that could lead to an improved early warning system for volcanic eruptions. Monash University researchers, along with those from universities in Newcastle, New South Wales, ... >> view original

Great Barrier Reef threat overstated, says Queensland professor

Govt unveils plan to save Barrier Reef. ROGUE professor Peter Ridd claims scientists have “overhyped” reports of up to 50 per cent loss of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef. The Townsville-based marine geophysicist said his own review of Australian ... >> view original