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New Caltech Research Suggests Strong Indian Crust Thrust Beneath the Tibetan Plateau For many years, most scientists studying Tibet have thought that a very hot and very weak lower and middle crust underlies its plateau, flowing like a fluid. Now, a team of researchers at the California Institute...
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The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, often referred to as Fukushima Dai-ichi, is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Okuma in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture. With six separate units located on site with a combined power of 4.7 GW, Fukushima I is one of the 25 largest nuclear power...
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Circadian rhythm
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Keeping the rhythm in space Space is an inhospitable environment for the human body but we adapt remarkably well. Within hours, the brain adjusts to the lack of an up or down, as if floating is all it has ever known. Now researchers are learning how our internal clock similarly adjusts to the restricti...
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Airlander 10
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Airlander 10: World's longest aircraft hits highest altitude The world's longest aircraft has reached the highest altitude it has attained so far. Airlander 10 ascended to 3,500ft (1,067m) on it's fourth test flight. Read more
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London tower block fire: Flames engulf Grenfell Tower A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes. The fire at Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate was reported at 12:54 BST and about 200 fir...
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Solar drone
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China successfully tests near-space flight of largest solar drone China has successfully tested near-space flight of its largest solar drone. With a wingspan of 45 meters, the solar-powered drone is capable of flying at an altitude of 20 to 30 kilometers, and cruising at a speed of 150 to 200 km per h...
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Terra Nova Expedition
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_Nova_Expedition#Winter_quarters.2C_1911]Read...
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Alien species
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Global hotspots for alien invasions revealed Great Britain is in the top 10% of areas for harbouring alien species, according to a study. Animals that have moved in from afar include the grey squirrel, rose-ringed parakeet and the noble false widow spider. The UK also has more established alien pla...
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Tallest tree
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Researchers have found that a redwood named Hyperion in a remote Northern California forest is the world's tallest tree.
Steve Sillett, a forestry professor at Humboldt State University, recently climbed Hyperion and measured it at 379.1 feet, one foot taller than previously thought.
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Sub vessel to attempt record-setting dive High underwater pressure will be the greatest danger that Jiaolong, China's manned deep-sea vessel, will contend with when it attempts to make the deepest dive on record this year, a senior official said. [url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-02...
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Great Barrier Reef
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A coal-carrying ship that ran aground and was leaking oil on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was in danger of breaking apart, officials said Sunday Read more
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New Zealand
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Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603-1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC (United East India Company). His was the first known European expedition to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand and to...
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Common fish species has 'human' ability to learn Although worlds apart, the way fish learn could be closer to humans' way of thinking than previously believed, research suggests. A common species of fish which is found across Europe including the UK, called the nine-spined stickleback, could be t...
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The discovery of gold cartouches dating back to 1400 BC sheds new light on the relationship between two ancient Egyptian rulers, Egypt's antiquities department said Friday.
A team of French and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name o...
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Michael A'Hearn
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University of Maryland astronomer Michael A'Hearn has won the 2008 Kuiper Prize in recognition of his seminal contributions to, and leadership of, the study of comets. Awarded by the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Science (DPS) the Kuiper Prize is given "to scienti...
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