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1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Tom Mann

   Nullarbor caves might hold secrets about life on Mars, research suggests (opens the original)

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   New research explores the previously unknown relationship between shallow surface trenches on the Nullarbor Plain and the caves underneath. Researchers say it could shed light on cave systems in other environments, including on other planets. The findings could be used to search shallow surface trenches on other planets for extraterrestrial life. Caves under the Nullarbor Plain could hold the answer to finding life on Mars, according to new research. Hidden beneath the more than 200,000-square-k

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2. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Tom Mann

   Historian discovers explosive while searching through museum donations (opens the original)

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   Historian Samuel Doering was going through the backlog of donations to the Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery when he found a highly explosive acid. Bomb technicians attended the gallery to dispose of the acid, which had been driven from Victoria to regional South Australia some months previously. Historically used for a range of medicinal purposes, picric acid is classed in the top division of Class One Explosives in Australia, ruled a "mass explosion hazard". A regional museum needed to call in t

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