Games preview: Ratchet & Clank is remade on PS4 and other top stories.

• Games preview: Ratchet & Clank is remade on PS4

  

  Ratchet & Clank – the remake of the game of the film of the game The first Ratchet & Clank game on the PS4 is both a remake of the original PS2 game and a tie-in to the new movie. There are only three certainties in this life: death, taxes, and the fact that video game movies always turn out terrible. Or at least the live action ones do. Animated adaptations, such as Street Fighter II, have always fared better because it’s easier for them to stick close to the source material. As such we’ve alw..

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• Want to Try Android N? Google is Offering $150 Discount on Pixel C Tablet

  

  Now that the Android N developer preview is available, we are getting to see most of the new features the latest iteration of Android will come with. As we explained earlier, the split screen ability of the Android N is going to figure out as one of its most useful features and Google wants to take this a step further by offering developers a 25 percent discount on the Pixel C tablet. With this, Google expects that the developers can test out multiple apps on a high resolution display. The Pi..

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• Five Apostles that drowned thousands of years ago uncovered

  

  There are no longer Twelve Apostles. Scientists have found an extra five beneath the waves. Source: SuppliedFIVE drowned “Apostles” have been discovered under the water near Victoria’s world-famous 12 Apostles tourist attraction.The find has amazed geomorphologists because it’s the first time such submerged limestone stacks have been seen anywhere in the world.The five columns, around 6km offshore from the Apostles, have an average height of almost 5m compared with the visible stacks which avera..

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• Water release to keep Murray River alive

  

  Water release to keep Murray River aliveMore than 400,000 megalitres of water has been pumped down the Murray River to stop toxic blue-green algae killing aquatic life.The algal bloom has spread over 500km and forced water to be turned off in some towns.Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville said there is no quick fix to the algae problem."What we really need is some significant rain," Ms Neville told reporters on Thursday."Or we need to wait until the temperatures cool in the north."Other Storie..

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• Scientists Grow Crops on Mars & Moon Soil Simulant

  

  Researchers from the Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have successfully grown ten different species of crops on their Mars and moon soil simulants. The harvested crops include peas, tomatoes, radish, rye, garden rocket, cress, quinoa ...

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• Original paleo diet included raw red meat, starchy vegetables

  

  Original paleo diet included raw red meat, starchy vegetables Posted March 10, 2016 15:14:58 Vegetarianism proved too hard to swallow for early humans, with new research bolstering evidence that our ancestors likely veered from this lifestyle around 2.6 million years ago in favour of raw red meat and starch-rich plants. Key PointsMeat and tools responsible for evolution of smaller chewing-related features on humans, research suggestsStudy inspires questions re..

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• Three populations of blue whales

  

  The endangered subspecies feed alongside each other Antarctic blue whales, the largest creatures on the planet, likely belong to three populations that feed alongside each other but breed in separate oceans, according to Australian-led research published Wednesday.Using the largest data set ever obtained from the critically endangered subspecies, the study in the Scientific Reports journal seeks to shed light on blue whale populations to aid their conservation."We found genetic evidence that t..

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• Malware hijacks big four banks' apps

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Malware hijacks big four banks' apps Android users who download apps from outside the official Google Play store could be affected by malware targeting Australia's big four banks, explains Fairfax's Tim Biggs. PT1M8S 620 349 Millions of customers of Australia's largest banks are the target of a sophisticated Android attack which steals banking details and thwarts two-factor authentication security.Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, National Australia Ba..

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• Global food production could reverse gains made fighting climate change

  

  Global food production could reverse gains made fighting climate change Updated March 10, 2016 18:07:27 Global food production is making it harder to combat climate change, new research suggests.Scientists from around the world have found that changes to land management since 1981 have produced more greenhouse gases than were absorbed by forests.They said one way to address the problem could be to reduce agricultural methane and nitrous oxide emissions, particularly in ..

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• World Science Festival Brisbane 2016: Questions abound in learning extravaganza

  

  Street Science! encourages the public to get hands on with science. Photo: World Science Festival New York Science is all about questions.Are humans on the verge of destroying our planet? Is creativity linked to insanity? And just when are we finally going to be whizzing around space like The Jetsons?These are just a smattering of the riddles some of the world's greatest scientific minds will be attempting to answer in Brisbane this week. ..

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