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The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates for the fourth month in a row, raising its target rate by half a percentage point. Key points: RBA has raised interest rates by 0.5 percentage point The target cash rate has now increased by 1.75 percentage points since early May to 1.85 percent A cash rate increase since early May will add about $472 per month to a $500,000 loan payment The RBA has now raised its benchmark interest rate by 1.75 percentage points since the first rate hike in May, with the target rate at 1.85 percent. In his post-meeting statement, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said the latest rate hike is unlikely to be the last this year. “The board expects to take further steps in the process of normalizing monetary conditions over the next few months, but not on a predetermined path,” he said. “The size and timing of future rate hikes will be guided by incoming data and the board’s assessment of the inflation and labor market outlook. “The B...

Pollination is a hallmark of flowering plants, with animal pollinators such as bees and birds sustaining the world’s food supply – not to mention our cravings for coffee, honey and macadamia nuts. But new research raises the possibility that animal-assisted pollination may have appeared in the ocean long before plants moved ashore. The study, carried out by a research group based in France and Chile, is the first to document a species of seaweed that relies on tiny marine crustaceans speckled in pollen-like spores to reproduce. Since red algae Gracilaria gracilis evolved long before land plants appeared, the researchers say their research suggests animal-assisted pollination could have occurred about 650 million years ago in the oceans once a suitable pollinator appeared. On land in flowering plants and gymnosperms that have seeds, the male reproductive cells, or gametes, fly in the form of pollen grains, which are carried by the wind, through the water, or by surprise insects, t...

‘Anyone know what this is?’ A dangerous moment a man plays with one of the most venomous fish in the world – and this is not his first risky stunt with marine animals A man finds rock fish while walking on Stradbroke Island, Queensland The Queensland Museum says rockfish are the most venomous of all fish Juliano Bayd, 21, posted his interactions with fish on his TikTok on Tuesday The video where he touches the fish’s mouth has been viewed 647,000 times He said: ‘I was moving him when I accidentally stepped on his head with a reef shoe’ By Tom Heaton For The Australian Daily Surat Published: 01:12 AM EDT, 21 July 2022 | Updated: 01:14 PM EDT, 21 July 2022 An unsuspecting young man has stumbled upon one of the world’s most venomous fish while on a walk in Queensland. Juliano Bayd, 21, who says he has a ‘strong passion’ for marine wildlife and previously described hi...

Two and a Half Men star Angus T. Jones was spotted out for dinner in Los Angeles last week in his first public appearance in nearly a year. The former child star, now 28, was caught on camera treating his sister Otto to a barbecue dinner last Thursday in the San Gabriel Valley, LA. Jones, best known for playing adorable little Jake Harper on the hit CBS sitcom, was almost unrecognizable in his gray beanie, glasses, and long bushy beard, which has grown significantly since he was last seen in public in August 2021. Two and a Half Men star Angus T. Jones was spotted having dinner with his younger brother Otto in Los Angeles last week, in a rare public appearance for the former child star. Jones, now 28, was almost unrecognizable as he stepped out with a long, unkempt beard, which has grown significantly since he was last seen in public in August 2021. The retired actor looked happy and relaxed after enjoying a nice dinner at Gen Korean BBQ House, a popular restau...

Legend has it that John Wesley Simmons used to walk around Tokyo in the 1860s with a loaded gun under one hand, and his head tucked under the other. People pretty much left him alone. Simmons—also known as Washington Blythe, Washington Simmons, and, most famously, Dr Lynn—was the first Western magician to appear in Japan after the country opened up to foreigners in the mid-19th century. More than 50 years before sawing assistants into two measures of illusionist skill, Simmons dismembered a man every night and put him back together for a paying audience. As Dr Lynn, Simmons was one of the most famous and successful illusionists of his time, but his contributions to the wizarding world have been largely forgotten outside of fans and historians. John Wesley Simmons, appearing as Dr Lynn, was the first Western magician to perform in Japan. ( Provided: National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom) ) He was a pioneer in several stage magic techniques, a talented performer, and is said to be t...