Prehistoric rock
Have you ever used the expression 'as old as the hills', without wondering how old the hills actually are?
View ArticleThe week that was: November 28th, 2008
A brief look at some of our top stories for the week.
View ArticleFunding boost for geothermal project
Torrens Energy has received a $7 million federal grant for its geothermal energy project at Parachilna, south of Leigh Creek.
View ArticleSA on watch for quake aftershocks
Portable recorders have been put in three parts of the Adelaide hills to check for any quake aftershocks.
View ArticleEager scientists await asteroid samples
Scientists say asteroid samples that are due to arrive in a space capsule in South Australia this weekend will be useful to researchers all over the world.
View ArticleFossils put town on the map
Parachilna is doing its best to keep the location of its world famous fossils a secret ... while also encouraging tourism.
View ArticleCorra-Lynn cave lures underground explorers
Ancient fossils, endless new passages, and the high of being underground lures cave explorers into Corra-Lynn on the Yorke Peninsula. One of more than 1000 caves stretching across South Australia,...
View ArticleKeen cavers explore the dark secrets of SA
A team of committed cave explorers spend their free time mapping the dark secrets below the SA surface.
View ArticleResearch centre honours pioneering scientist
A research centre at Adelaide University is being named in honour of the pioneering scientist Reg Sprigg.
View ArticleMajor asteroid site found in Aussie outback
One of the largest ancient asteroid impact zones on Earth has been discovered in outback Australia.
View ArticleMeet the Fossils
Long before the South Australian pastoral property 'Nilpena' was a working station; scientists say it was home to ancient creatures that mark the dawn of animal life.
View ArticleSmall tremor 'sounded like a train' as it shook Eyre Peninsula town
Residents around on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula were left a little shaken by a small earth tremor. Geoscience Australia says preliminary information suggests a magnitude 3 quake was recorded...
View Article3D mineral exploration model of Eastern Gawler Craton draws on century of data
Geology data from a mineral-rich South Australian region is now available in a three-dimensional model it is hoped will encourage further discoveries.
View ArticleNuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission hears of uranium exploration challenges...
Exploration challenges are hampering South Australia's uranium potential, the state's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission is told.
View ArticleSeismic survey looks beneath the surface of the Nullarbor to uncover mysteries
A group of researchers takes the long road across the Nullarbor to uncover the secrets below the surface.
View ArticleOpalised pearls dating back 65 million years unearthed by miners sifting...
The world's first recorded opalised pearls, relics of creatures in an ancient inland sea, have been unearthed by two miners at Coober Pedy in the South Australian outback.
View Article'Shale ale' beer filtered through fossils the latest craze in Australia's...
With a crowded craft beer market leaving many to innovate, one SA brewer is filtering his product through fossil-rich shale more than 500 million years old.
View ArticleFlinders Ranges Aboriginal elders voice support for exploratory drilling on...
Some Aboriginal elders have given their support for a mining operation on Lake Torrens in the Flinders Ranges, which holds a sacred place in Dreamtime legend.
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