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Indian Ocean tsunami warning system on test Oct 12 More than 20 nations will participate in a full-scale exercise on Oct 12 to test the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. The "Exercise IOWAVE 11" will re-enact the events of Dec 26, 2004, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake off the...
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R101 airship
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R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. After some trial flights, and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity which in...
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University of Kiel
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The University of Kiel (German Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, CAU) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today. Read more
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Shark sanctuary
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Vast shark sanctuary created in Pacific The Marshall Islands government has created the world's largest shark sanctuary, covering nearly two million sq km of ocean. The Pacific republic will ban trade in shark products and commercial shark fishing throughout its waters. [url=http://www.bbc....
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Buenos Aires explosion
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Argentina's security ministry has an explosives team probing a mysterious blast that killed a woman and injured at least six other people in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. The explosion occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Monday, destroying two houses, a business and several cars. [url=http://www.sf...
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Ancient rock carvings inside a hill-top cave near Kalpetta (Kerala, India), believed to date back to the neolithic period, are facing ruin for want of proper attention by the government and academic bodies. The rare historic treasure at Thovarymala, throwing light into human habitation in the Wa...
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Alxa desert geopark
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World's first desert geopark opens in China[url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/world-s-first-desert-geopark-opens-in-c...
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BBC Amateur Scientist of the year
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Search on for amateur science ideas Snail "GPS", Facebook psychology and crowd dynamics at music gigs: these were just some of the ideas submitted during last year's search for "citizen science" projects. Now, Radio 4 is launching its search for the next BBC Amateur Scienti...
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Mycenaean tombs
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Five box-shaped Mycenaean era tombs were unearthed in Soha, near Vaskina village, some ten kilometres northwest of Leonidio, by recent heavy rainfall. Read more
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Jordanian Geoglyphs
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Strange stone structures similar to Peru's 'Nazca Lines' discovered in West Asia Thousands of patterns, almost look-alike of Peru's archaic Nazca Lines, have been found in the West Asia. Satellite and aerial photography showed mysterious stone 'wheels', which are more in number and older than...
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Stargazing
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Time to take up Stargazing There are few activities as peaceful as taking a walk on a winter night, one of those nights where the air is crisp, the snow crunches under your boots, and your breath comes out in smoky swirls. The vast expanse of stars is breathtaking, and you cannot help but feel a connectio...
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Neolithic Age
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More precise dating of human bones previously discovered at a prehistoric site has suggested that the Neolithic Age was marked by more violence than traditionally imagined. Waylands Smithy, a chambered long barrow 2km from the Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire, consists of two monuments. In t...
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Cob embankment
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Porthmadog marks the 200th anniversary of its 'Cob' Celebrations are under way in Porthmadog for the 200th anniversary of the man-made structure which allowed the Gwynedd town to be built. It was William Alexander Madocks' vision to build the Cob embankment to reclaim hundreds of acres of good far...
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Plain of Jars
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The Asian Stonehenge: The Mysterious Plain of Jars An ancient mystery unfolds scattered across Laos's Xieng Khouang plain. Known as the Plain of Jars, this bizarre archaeological collection of thousands of giant stone jars made from sandstone, granite and calcified coral is often referred to as...
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Portugal prehistoric sites
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Archaeologists uncover prehistoric mysteries in Northern Portugal Recent archaeological investigations have uncovered a number of prehistoric sites and artefacts, including rock art and engravings at Laje da Churra in the Serra de Santa Luzia near Viana do Castelo in northern Portugal. An a...
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