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Chilesaurus
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'Frankenstein dinosaur' mystery solved Scientists have solved the puzzle of the so-called "Frankenstein dinosaur", which seems to consist of body parts from unrelated species. A new study suggests that it is in fact the missing link between plant-eating dinosaurs, such as Stegosaurus, and car...
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Great Westminster Clock
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On this day in 1858, the great bell 'Big Ben' was transported by carriage drawn by 16 white horses, from Whitechapel Bell Foundry to Parliament's New Palace Yard in Westminster. The 31st May is the 150th anniversary of the keeping time start of the Great Westminster Clock. The Great Westminster Cloc...
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Larsen C iceshelf
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Huge Antarctic iceberg poised to break away An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, scientists say. A long-running rift in the Larsen C ice shelf grew suddenly in December and now just 20km of ice is keeping the 5,000 sq km piece from floating...
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Currencies
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Boris Gryzlov, the speaker of the Russian Parliament, the State Duma, said that the participants of the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg would discuss a possibility of making ruble coins from precious metals. "We could offer the world the Russian ruble made of palladium. It would be a very str...
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Antarctic Glaciers
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Scientists Probe Antarctic Glaciers for Clues To Past and Future Sea Level Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have teamed up to explore two of the last uncharted regions of Earth, the Aurora and Wilkes Subglacial Basins, immense ice-buried lowlands in Antarctica with a combined area the...
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Using cellphones on aeroplanes could drown out faint radio signals from space, astronomers are warning.
They told a US agency considering lifting in-flight restrictions on cellphones that special devices should be installed on planes to limit damage to research if the regulations change.
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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
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Main structure of world's longest cross-sea bridge finished The main structure of world's longest sea bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao was completed Friday, the builders said. It took seven years to build the bridge, which will be open at the end of the year, said Zhu Yongling, director of...
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A strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred at 21:57:45 (UTC) on Wednesday, December 17, 2008, in the southern Italy region, 65 km West of Cosenza, at a depth of 260.7 km. Location 39.291°N, 15.485°E
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A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred at 05:31:21 (UTC) on Friday, November 25, 2005, in Mindanao, Philippines, 140 km East of General Santos. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 58 km.
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Godzilla
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In the Jurassic era when dinosaurs ruled the earth, a 13-foot monster crocodile nicknamed "Godzilla" might be the king of sea..
Totally unique among marine crocodiles, "it is one of the most evolved members of the crocodilian family and also one of the most bizarre" - Diego Pol,...
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Mexico’s Popocatépetl Volcano ushered in the new month with a moderate eruption on the morning of December 1, 2005. According to reports from the local monitoring station, an ash plume rose 5 kilometres above the summit and spread east-northeast, scattering a light ash fall onto nearby towns and c...
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The real economic impact of an archaeological research project, co-directed by a Bristol academic, has been illustrated in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Longstones Project, undertaken by Dr Joshua Pollard of the Departm...
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The volcano at incredibly powerful Mount Katla in Iceland might yet blow its lid, according to scientists quoted in news reports today. Incredible fountains of orange and black lava have since Saturday been burning through the white surface of the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in the southern part of...
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Climate change
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Coastal cities in the US, Canada, Japan, Indonesia, India and Turkey are teetering on the brink of natural disasters, a meeting at Lloyds has been told. The gloomy message was spelt out at an otherwise celebratory event, a presentation to mark the 10th anniversary of Benfield UCL Hazard Research C...
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Changing Arctic Oceans research programme
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Climate scientists set sail to explore changing Arctic Ocean A new £10 million research programme to investigate how the Arctic Ocean is changing has launched its first cruise to the Barents Sea. The Changing Arctic Oceans research programme aims to generate a better understanding of the Arctic s...
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