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Biosphere 2
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Biosphere 2 is a 3.14-acre (12,700 m²) structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona (USA) by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustin...
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RRS Discovery
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3D virtual reality tours of RRS Discovery developed A 3D virtual reality tour of the historic RRS Discovery ship in Dundee is being developed. A recent laser survey of the ship, which was sailed to Antarctica by Captain Scott, has made virtual tours using the Oculus Rift headset possible. Read more
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Angkor Wat
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How lasers revealed a lost city Deep in the Cambodian jungle lie the remains of a vast medieval city. Hidden for centuries, new archaeological techniques are now revealing its secrets - including an elaborate network of temples and boulevards, and sophisticated engineering. In April 1858 a young...
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Sixth Arctic expedition
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China's sixth Arctic expedition team aboard icebreaker Xuelong has returned to its home port China's sixth Arctic expedition team aboard icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," has returned to its home port in eastern China's Shanghai after a two-and-a-half-month mission. Xuelong s...
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Temple of Mithras:
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How do you put London's Roman shrine back together? Sixty years ago, a Roman God was uncovered at a London building site. The excavations for the Temple of Mithras moved around but are now going back to the original site Read more
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Dendrogramma
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Title: Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non-Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) - with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara Authors: Jean Just, Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen, Jørgen Olesen A ne...
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Animal Tool Use
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An octopus and its coconut-carrying antics have surprised scientists. Underwater footage reveals that the creatures scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later use them as shelters. Writing in the journal Current Biology, the team says it is the first exampl...
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What comes to mind first when we hear the name “Çanakkale” is Gallipoli, the Aynalı Çarşı (Mirror Bazaar) and the ancient city of Troy. The places where the Gallipoli campaign took place are mostly frequented by local and Australian tourists. The ancient city of Troy, added in 2006...
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Licurnique complex
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Peru Astronomical Lab: Archaeological Site Dating Back 4,000 Years Is Discovered in Licurnique Archeologists in South America have made an astounding new discovery in the northern region of Peru, where they have found remnants of an ancient astronomical laboratory. The finding, located in the...
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Yangshao culture
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Central China unearths large neolithic site Archaeologists in central China's Henan province have excavated a large neolithic settlement complete with moats and a cemetery. The Shanggangyang Site covers an area of 120,000 square meters and sits along a river in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan, dat...
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Hadrian's Wall
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Hadrian's Wall will be lit from end to end later by a team of 500 volunteers holding flaming torches. The 135km Roman wall, which spans the width of northern England, is being illuminated for British Tourism Week. The volunteers, each holding a gas-powered beacon, will stand at 250m intervals. [url...
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Encrusted with tiny shells and smelling strongly of the sea, a 2,400-year-old Greek jar lies in a sal****er bath in Durres Museum, on Albania's Adriatic coast. Part of a sunken shipment of up to 60 ceramic vessels, the 67-centimeter storage jar, or amphora, was the top find from what organisers say...
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Lake Whillans
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Drill reaches Antarctica's under-ice Lake Whillans An American attempt to bore down into Lake Whillans, a body of water buried almost 1km under the Antarctic ice, has achieved its aim. Scientists reported on Sunday that sensors on their drill system had noted a change in pressure, indicating cont...
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de Havilland Comet
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de Havilland Comet entered service (1952) Start of the Jet age. The de Havilland Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. The first BOAC flight with fare-paying passengers took off on the 2nd May from London to Johannesburg, via Rome, Beirut and Khartoum. Read m...
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Gerhard Zucker
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Gerhard Zucker (1908 - 1985) was a German businessman and rocket engineer. However, none of his machinations proved to be operational, ranging from outright fraud to total failure. Born in Hasselfelde, he first came to public notice in 1931, when he began to work on the problem of transporting mail...
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