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Dirty business

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Ron Cameron, who is a theoretical mathematician, acting CEO of Australian Nuclear Science and Technical Organization and an expert in nuclear safety, has been entrusted with the job of advising the Yemenis to protect their radiation sources from thieves, who may pass them to terrorists for preparing bombs. Ron Cameron has drafted guidelines for regulators, which will help them in keeping the sources safe and was also involved in working on the remedial strategies for Yemen and Moldova.

Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, International politics, Military Law, Prevention, Military policy, Chief executive officers, Powers and duties, Nuclear terrorism, Cameron, Ron

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Big burn theory

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Aboriginal people in Australia may have started brush fires to manage their environment as long as 45,000 year ago, according to Chris Turney, formerly of the Australian National University (and now at Queen's University, Belfast). A change in the vegetation from a fire-sensitive rainforest to a fire-tolerant eucalypt habitat is not accompanied by any evidence of climate change at the same time. The theorized man-made fires could also have affected the megafauna in Australia.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Science & research, Ecological Sciences, History, Environmental sciences, Indigenous peoples, Wildfires

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Sudden impact

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Mainland Australia has long been regarded as geologically dead, but some geologists warn that parts of Queensland, South Australia and Victoria could be the site of a volcanic eruption at any time.

Volcanic activity prediction

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