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Friday the 11th of February 2011 was a big day for me but the environment is the big winner. This was the official ceremony to announce that St Mary’s Star of the Sea College was banning the single use plastic bottle.

The 'official'* southern limit to the distribution of the Sargassum Anglerfish, Histrio histrio is Burrill Lake, New South Wakes (35.37°S). 

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What causes earthquakes and why do tsunamis often follow a large earthquake?

What is the role of the museum sector in climate change interventions?

In the 19th and early 20th centuries museums often purchased specimens to increase the size and variey of their collections. Read about one intended purchase that unfortunately did not proceed.

Museum mystery number two was found on a beach in Queensland by one of our visitors and caused quite a stir  amongst staff! 

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The debate about the subject and meaning of Harry Burrell's thylacine photo, first published by the Australian Museum in 1921, has recently been revisited.

Apple sent out invites to San Francisco press to a special press conference to be held on the 2nd of March 2011. The image sent out with the event shows an iCal image of March 2nd pealing back to reveal the corner of an iPad. Need we say more?

Dr Jodi discusses the Vampire Frog & her journey in finding the creature.

I received this invitation and thought I would share it with you. All the details are below and I look forward to seeing you there!

What should adults look for when choosing iPhone apps for (and with) their kids?

Food for thought!

On the night of last Tuesday's Jurassic Lounge visitors were asked to give their feedback. We put up some feedback forms where people could write their comments on. Also, we asked them specifically what they liked best about Jurassic Lounge. It worked out very well, we got some great feedback