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Orchis simia x purpurea
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The Hartslock Nature Reserve in Oxfordshire, England, has successfully interbred a monkey orchid (Orchis simia) and a lady orchid (Orchis purpurea) to produce a new hybrid variety.
The botanical feat is the first of its kind in Britain and its success could help determine the pa...
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Earth vs. Space Chess Match
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Earth vs. Space Match 2011 Space Shuttle Endeavour launched on Monday morning, May 16, at 8:56 AM EDT. The launch of Endeavour marks the second-to-last launch of the Space Shuttle program - and the start of the second Earth vs. Space Chess Match, sponsored by NASA in conjunction with the U.S. Chess F...
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Paramacrobiotus craterlaki
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Tardigrades: Water bears in space In 2007, a little known creature called a tardigrade became the first animal to survive exposure to space. It prevailed over sub-zero temperatures, unrelenting solar winds and an oxygen-deprived space vacuum. On Monday, this microscopic cosmonaut has once aga...
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Worms
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Help Name New Species of Deep-Sea Worms Celebrate World Ocean Day by helping Birch Aquarium at Scripps and researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography name two new species of deep-sea marine worms. One name will be selected from the public at large and another will be chosen from a K-12 sch...
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Agra Fort
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Red Fort declared world treasure The wait has been worth the while. After trying for more than a decade, the Red Fort has finally made it to the exclusive list of UNESCO's world heritage sites, a status which it rightfully deserves. World Her...
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Ooty
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Ootacamund (officially, Udagamandalam sometimes abbreviated to Udhagai or Ooty), is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. The origin of the name Udhagamandala...
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Laxdoela saga
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Laxdoela saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breišafjöršur area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. Laxdoela saga begins in Norway in the late ninth century as Ketill Flatnose and his children leave Norway to escape th...
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Madinet Madi
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Crocodile God Temple Featured Croc Nursery Egyptian authorities put another archaeological site on the country's tourist map yesterday by opening a visitor center at Madinet Madi in the Fayoum region south of Cairo. Founded during the reigns of Amenemhat III (about 1859-1813 B.C.) and Amenemha...
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Tell Nadir
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7,000-year-old village discovered in Erbil Erbil city has more than 1,000 potential archaeological sites. The hills were once villages that were abandoned, destroyed or the inhabitants wiped out by disease. According to Erbil Directorate of Archaeology, of the 1,000 archaeological sites in E...
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Ancient Viking ships
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A row has broken out in Norway over a decision to move three ancient Viking ships, which may not survive the journey.
The University of Oslo has decided to move three longships, probably by lorry and barge, to a new museum, despite dire warnings that the thousand-year-old oak vessels could fall apa...
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Nybster Broch
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Ancient Caithness site 'occupied for 1,000 years' The site of one of Scotland's most important mainland broch settlements may have been home to early people for up to 1,000 years, evidence suggests. Archaeologists and volunteers have uncovered what could be the remains of walls dating back to 700...
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Rollright Stones
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Police are appealing for help to catch vandals who caused criminal damage to the Rollright Stones in Chipping Norton and stole money from the warden's hut at the site. Between 5.30pm on Saturday and 10.30am on Sunday the warden's hut was broken in to and about £7 was stolen from the money tray. A symbol...
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University of Athens
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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in Southeast Europe and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. Read more
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Wadi Faynan
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Wadi Faynan site 16 WF16 is located in the spectacular Wadi Faynan area of Southern Jordan. Evaluation of the site was undertaken between 1997 and 2006 with a monograph detailing results of the evaluation published in 2007 (Finlayson & Mithen 2007). Material remains at the site indicate that s...
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Stradivarius violin
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The unique sounds of a Stradivarius violin may come down to the density of the wood it is made from. Scientists say the patterns of the grain are markedly different from modern instruments. It is believed that the seasonal growth of trees in the early seventeenth century was affected by a mini-Ice Age...
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