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Large wide-field telescope
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Title: A purely reflective large wide-field telescope Authors: V.Yu. Terebizh The design of a fast three-mirror telescope with flat field of view 3 degree in diameter is proposed. The telescope does not include auxiliary lenses. As an example, we consider an f/1.25 reflector with the 8.4-m entra...
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Kaula islands submerged volcano
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Scientists are studying whether a submerged extinct volcano may sit to the south of Kauai, a would-be sister island to the Garden Isle that never emerged above the ocean. They're testing the theory by examining 363 volcanic rocks recently collected from the sea floor around Kauai, Niihau and Kaula...
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The Brain
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Is your brain male or female? The BBC has an online quiz that can show if you think like a man or woman. Read more
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Volcanos
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Dozens of newly discovered volcanoes in a stretch of the Pacific Ocean pose a major tsunami risk due to the area's seismic instability, an Australian geologist warned on Thursday. Research teams from the United States, Germany, Australia and New Zealand have discovered 75 previously unknow...
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Paleolithic
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Cyprus: once home to the dwarf elephants and pygmy hippos An excavation in the Famagusta district has unearthed animal remains including tiny elephants and hippopotamuses dating back some 250,000 years. The recent findings in an area close to Ayia Napa revealed the skeletal remains of dwarf elep...
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Creation stories
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The so-called Creationists, who maintain that the biblical account is scientific truth, make me very angry. Their total misunderstanding of the real truths at the heart of the Creation stories of Genesis simply bring faith into disrepute and invite scorn, feeding those who dismiss all religion a...
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Typhoon Krosa
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Typhoon Krosa is forecast to make landfall in Taiwan probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% in about 72 hours probability for TS is 85% in about 48 hours Taipei (25.0 N, 121.5 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 72 hours probability for TS is 75% in about 48 ho...
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Merthyr Mawr stepping stones
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Calls have been made for repairs to a set of ancient stepping stones which have worn down to below the water line at a south Wales beauty spot. The stones across the river Ewenny at Merthyr Mawr, near Bridgend, have been used for centuries, but many are now underwater. [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/...
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Tutankhamen's Dagger
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When King Tutankhamen died, about 1400 BC, he was buried with one of the most lavish funerals of all time. When it was discovered in 1922, the tomb contained more gold than the Royal Bank of Egypt at the time. Tutankhamen had with him a truly royal weapon: an iron dagger with a hilt and sheath of gold decor...
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Stella Felix
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A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre on Saturday.
Stella Felix from the south-east was chosen from 400 Nigerian students who applied to go on a zero-gravity flight.
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Caral
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Caral made headlines in 2001 when researchers carbon-dated material from the city back to 2627 B.C. It is a must-see for archaeology enthusiasts.
Even though the ruins in the dusty, wind-swept Supe River Valley don't approximate in majesty...
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Hauskjeen rune stone
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Archaeologists were very pleasantly surprised to discover an unknown rune stone under the floor of Hauskjeen church in Rennesĝy, Rogaland in western Norway. The rune stone likely stems from the 11th century, and tells of Halvard's powers or Halvard's magnificence. The stone slab has been broken...
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Tropical Storm Lekima
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Tropical Storm Lekima is forecast to make landfall in China in about 22 hours probability for CAT 1 or above is 40% probability for TS is 85% in about 10 hours Yaxian (18.4 N, 109.4 E) probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% in about 22 hours probability for TS is 75% in ab...
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North Anatolian fault
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Title: Late Holocene slip rate for the North Anatolian fault, Turkey, from cosmogenic 36Cl geochronology: Implications for the constancy of fault loading and strain release rates Authors: Özgür Kozaci, James Dolan, Robert Finkel, and Ross Hartleb Geomorphologic mapping and cosmogenic radio...
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Foxe Basin
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This Envisat satellite image shows an ice-free Foxe Basin a shallow extension of the Atlantic Ocean located in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Foxe Basin remains ice-covered for most of the year, with landfast ice (sea ice that remains attached to the coast) dominating in the north and pack ice (...
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