The Secret History of Ambien
Ambien is the world’s most popular sleeping tablet. Side effects include; sleep driving, night terrors and sexting. THE NATURAL WORLD Your body’s sleep cycle is governed by your hypothalamus, situated …
The Last Thylacine
In 1936, the last known Tasmanian Tiger died in a zoo in Hobart. This is Benjamin’s story. THE NATURAL WORLD FIRSTS and LASTS The Thylacine species first appears in the …
Mungo Lady (and Man)
50 years ago, an archaeological discovery in remote NSW turned the history of human evolution on its head. THE NATURAL WORLD Jim Bowler was the son of a Gippsland onion …
How the Yarra Changed Its Course
The Yarra River is an intrinsic part of Melbourne; but did you know its current course is a man-made construct, very different to how it flowed out to sea originally? …
The Lyrid Meteor Shower
Every April 22nd, for as long as that date has existed, the night skies in both hemispheres are lit up with a streaky sequence of fiery trails. This is the …
The St Kilda Solar System
Stretched along the St Kilda foreshore, south west of the city, is something unlikely; a to-scale model of our entire Solar System. St Kilda is one of the few places …
Melbourne’s Only Honey Locust
Standing on the corner of King and Bourke St in Melbourne is a living piece of history; the city’s only Honey Locust tree, growing on this same spot for 160 …
Molecules from Space
On September 28, 1969, a fiery meteorite blazed a trail from space, and crashed into regional Victoria. The debris contained an extraordinary surprise; the first organic molecules of extraterrestrial origin. …
A Living Dinosaur
The Wollemi Pine was alive in the Cretaceous Period, living alongside the dinosaurs. It was thought to be extinct, until a surprise discovery in remote New South Wales. THE NATURAL …
The Great Flash Flood of ’72
When Melbourne floods, it floods properly. And in February 1972, the riverside part of the CBD was buried under a surging torrent of water, that poured dramatically from a wild …