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Sharing fossil data
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Palaeontologists call for more sharing of raw information. When Ross Mounce tried to use measurements of a fossilised feathered theropod dinosaur in his research, he hit a big stumbling block. A data table in the paper describing the dinosaur contained a formatting error that prevented Mounce f...
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Combustion engine
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Michigan State University researchers have developed a prototype petrol engine which uses a rotor thats equipped with wave-like grooves that trap and mix oxygen and fuel The engine has no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, cooling system, fluids, or valves. Called the Wave Disk Generator, it...
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St John's College
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St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is an eleemosynary corporation established by Charter dated 9 April 1511. Read more
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Virgin Oceanic
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Sir Richard Branson is already selling tickets to fly people to the edge of space and now he wants to voyage to the bottom of the deepest oceans. His latest idea, called Virgin Oceanic, is a scientific endeavour rather than a tourist venture. One of its intended destinations is the Mariana Trench in th...
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Forbidden Planet flying saucer
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Junk collector Stuart Ellis, 57, of Siler City, N.C., has a dream. He is selling his flying saucer so he can pay off his credit-card and mortgage debt and then stake himself as a stock-options trader. Ellis lives on 17 acres with thousands of trees. He's wrapped hundreds of them with about 650,000 ligh...
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Asherah
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Asherah, in Semitic mythology, is a Semitic mother goddess, who appears in a number of ancient sources including Akkadian writings by the name of Ashratum/Ashratu and in Hittite as Asherdu(s) or Ashertu(s) or Aserdu(s) or Asertu(s). Asherah is generally considered identical with the Ugaritic g...
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European Satellite Navigation Competition
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European competition seeks best satnav ideas Entrepreneurs have the chance to win prizes totalling a million euros in this years European Satellite Navigation Competition. ESA will award a special prize of 10 000 for the best idea and support the business start up at one of its four incubation cent...
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Tel Qarasa
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Archaeologists Unearthed Village Dating Back to 11 Thousand Years in Southern Syria The small village unearthed in the archaeological site of Tel Qarasa (hill) in the west of Swaida province, dating back to around 11000 years constitute a clear example of the first models of urban life in the prehi...
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South Downs National Park
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Uniquely combining a biodiverse landscape with bustling towns and villages, the South Downs National Park covers an area of over 1,600 km˛ and is home to more than 108,000 people. Recognised as an area of outstanding beauty, the South Downs is also home to a multitude of vibrant working communities...
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Ariocarpus extraterrestrialensis
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If his theories are correct, Astrobotanist David Salman of High Country Gardens has stumbled upon outer space's first ambassadors to Earth, and they've arrived in the form of a cactus-like species that strangely resembles one of our own planet's unique plants found in the most hostile conditions...
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Archaeolink
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Archaeolink, a prehistory park in northeast Scotland hope to launch a replica stone age boat to test whether theories on ancient design hold water. A 20ft craft, similar to those used by Neolithic people to arrive and settle in the area and sail on lochs, is taking shape at the Archaeolink Prehistory...
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Cyrene
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Libya's ancient heritage sites suffer from neglect A toga-clad statue that would be a prize museum piece elsewhere lies half buried among cow dung at the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in eastern Libya, where the countrys wealth in antiquities has suffered decades of neglect. Goats and cows graze amo...
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Gujarat dinosaur park
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'Jurassic Park' coming up in Gujarat A dinosaur fossil park will soon come up at Kheda district's Rayoli village which was once home to a large population of the species. Some 1,000 fossilised eggs of the extinct species have been found at the site, at Rayoli village in Balasinor, some 85 km from here,...
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Holbox Island
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Holbox Island and the Yalahau Lagoon Holbox Island and the Yalahau Lagoon on the northeast corner of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are featured in this satellite image. Holbox is a 42-km-long island running along the peninsula's coast that is separated from the mainland by Yalahau Lagoon. One of the...
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Colonel Alvin Drew
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US astronaut's call to an old Glamis friend Mission specialist Colonel Alvin Drew became the 200th man to walk in space during Discovery's recently completed journey to the international space station. As the former US air force officer orbited the globe his thoughts turned to Earth and Glamis Cas...
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