Timed with the Nobel Prize ceremony on December 10, 2011, Australian eco-tour company Small World Journeys has announced 2011 Nobel Laureate Brian Schmidt will speak on several of their eclipse-related

Douglas Cairns succeeded in flying his light plane to the North Pole and landing it there last week, setting a world speed record for a light, twin-engine piston aircraft.

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A large area of tropical rain forest on Cape York in northern Australia is being returned to the management of the country's indigenous people. The 772-square-mile area contains about one-fifth of the tropical rain forests in Australia. David Claudie told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.