wednesday newstrip

The Indigenous first words supposedly spoken on Captain James Cook's landing contested by Aboriginal leaders · giant 'face mask' asteroid flew past Earth last Wednesday night · Chinese media boss calls Australia the ‘gum stuck to China’s shoe’ as coronavirus fallout escalates · Madagascar's prehistoric 'crazy beast' sheds light on mammalian evolution · 'Final Fantasy 7 Remake' Red XIII becomes playable via save editor · blood of allegedly recovered COVID-19 patients for sale on dark web as 'passive vaccine' · seafloor currents sweep microplastics into deep-sea hotspots of ocean life: record microplastic density found on Mediterranean seabed.