Freaky fanged spiders discovered and other top stories.

• Freaky fanged spiders discovered

  

  Scientist's peacock spider discovery0:33Just when you thought there was already enough creepy crawlies in the world to freak you out, along comes more peacock spiders. Courtesy Jurgen Otto PhD student Jeremy Wilson has found new spiders to freak out Queenslanders.IF QUEENSLAND wanted to knock itself out of the lists of the scariest places to visit, it might have to wait a little while, and blame a new discovery of creepy crawlies.At least 10 new species of trapdoor spiders have been discovered ..

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• Human-Induced Climate Change Has Been Going On Longer Than You Think

  

  This story originally appeared on the Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Continents and oceans in the northern hemisphere began to warm with industrial-era fossil fuel emissions nearly 200 years ago, pushing back the origins of human-induced climate change to the mid-19th century. The first signs of warming from the rise in greenhouse gases which came hand-in-hand with the Industrial Revolution appear as early as 1830 in the tropical oceans and the Arctic, meaning that clim..

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• Juno mission: Spacecraft makes record-breaking close approach to Jupiter

  

  Juno, the spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, will orbit closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it, in a record-breaking approach on Saturday. The Nasa creation, which was launched five years ago, will have made a record-breaking close approach to Jupiter by soaring around 2,600 miles above the planet. As it cruises by at a speed of 130,000 mph, Juno is expected to capture astonishing images and plenty of scientific data, say mission controllers at Nasa. The approach is set ..

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• 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet feels like living the dream

  

  All variants are expected to arrive in Canada this October.The car is based on the new-last-year C-Class sedan and coupe, which is generally an excellent thing.Pricing has not yet been announced, but based on current prices for its siblings and guessing a premium of some seven to eight grand for the cabriolet model, I’m estimating $56,000 for the C 300, $68,000 for the C 43, $86,000 for the C 63 and $93,500 for the C 63S.All cabriolets share a couple of features, standard in Canada, which make t..

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• 2017 Porsche Panamera Review

  

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• 'Sydney can't call itself a global city'

  

  Cyclists Push Back Against Helmet Laws3:51Helmets help prevent head injuries, so laws requiring cyclists to wear them would seem obvious, but cycling advocates have pushed back against mandatory bike-helmet laws. WSJ's Rachel Bachman explains why on Lunch Break With Tanya Rivero. Photo: Getty Why would people want to encourage something cheap, healthy and good for the environment like cycling?SYDNEY is considered to be Australia’s largest global city and the premier destination for internation..

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• Proxima b: could we live on this newly found planet – or could something else?

  

  Discovery of potentially Earth-like planet Proxima b raises hopes for life What’s all the excitement about? Scientists have discovered a planet, called Proxima b, orbiting the closest star to our sun – a red dwarf known as Proxima Centauri, which lies 4.2 light years away. What’s more, there are clues that it could, potentially, have some similarities to Earth. Does this mean we’ve found a second home/alien civilisation? No. We don’t even know for sure that Proxima b is a rocky planet, ..

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