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Michael Hastings, journalist who cost top US General Stanley McChrystal his job, killed in Los Angeles car crash

The journalist whose Rolling Stone interview with General Stanley McChrystal led to the top NATO general in Afghanistan losing his job has been killed in a car crash.
ABC - June 19, 11:53 am
WA researchers identify 280 moon craters

A Curtin University research team believes it has identified 280 previously-unmapped lunar craters.
June 18, 3:19 pm
Curtin University maps hidden Moon craters using gravity and surface data

Researchers have found 280 new craters on the Moon by combining data about its gravity and surface for the first time.
ABC - June 18, 2:32 pm
Axe falls on CSIRO research jobs

The CSIRO has confirmed up to 17 Hobart-based staff will lose their jobs.
ABC - June 18, 12:36 pm
Crowd to fund sugar glider research

A University of Canberra researcher is using crowdfunding to finance an investigation into the genetic health of sugar gliders.
ABC - June 18, 9:52 am
US picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

Four of the latest eight US astronauts are women, the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected by NASA.
June 18, 8:16 am
Defence investigates claims soldier insulted Townsville women on Facebook page

The Defence Department is investigating a group of serving soldiers over demeaning comments on social media made about Townsville women in north Queensland.
ABC - June 18, 6:59 am
NBN Co needs strategies in case of Coalition win, committee report recommends

A parliamentary committee overseeing the national broadband network rollout has recommended NBN Co prepare strategies in the event the Coalition wins the next election.
ABC - June 17, 6:50 pm
Facebook says it received 9,000-10,000 data requests from US government

Facebook has revealed it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.
ABC - June 15, 2:34 pm
Google X unveils internet balloon project

Google's top secret design lab has unveiled plans to fly a ring of balloons to the edge of space, providing internet access for the entire world.
June 15, 2:22 pm
Radio presenter Howard Sattler threatens legal action after being sacked for Gillard interview

Fairfax radio presenter Howard Sattler says he is planning legal action after he was sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard if her partner Tim Mathieson is gay.
ABC - June 15, 6:15 am
Large dinosaur bones found in Qld

Palaeontologists have uncovered a great number of dinosaur bones in outback Queensland, with one of the team saying it's a remarkable find.
June 14, 5:56 pm
Shenzhou X docks with Chinese space lab

China's Shenzhou X spacecraft with three astronauts aboard has docked with the Tiangong I space laboratory, for repair work and experiments.
June 14, 1:06 pm
Genetic heart disease link under investigation

A genetic mutation that causes coronary disease is under investigation after a higher-than-average number of fatal heart disease cases in the Barossa Valley.
ABC - June 14, 12:06 pm
Scientists amazed by 'fish with abs'

A team of scientists has found 380-million-year-old fossilised fish with abdominal muscles, in the remote Kimberley region.
ABC - June 14, 8:35 am