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Cryogenian period
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The Cryogenian (from Greek cryos "cold" and genesis "birth") is a geologic period that lasted from 850 to 635 million years ago. The Cryogenian forms the second geologic period of the Neoproterozoic Era, preceded by the Tonian Period and followed by the Ediacaran. [url=htt...
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Zero Race
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Around the world in 80 days for solar powered cars Teams from three continents have set off from the Place des Nations in Geneva with their electric cars on the longest and greenest race of all time, called the Zero Race. Read more
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Eddisbury Hill
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Eddisbury Hill gives up its secrets Eddisbury Hill is slowly revealing its iron age secrets as a team of archaeologists and volunteers dig to the past. Guardian chief reporter Gina Bebbington ventured up the hill, at Delamere Forest, on Thursday to see what had been uncovered as the excavation near...
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Armstrong & Miller - WWII RAF Sketch
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The Hill of Barra
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Iron Age Hillfort in Aberdeenshire. Expand (154kb, 800 x 600) Latitude: 57°19'16.97"N, Longitude: 2°19'46.38"W The Barra Hill fort bears certain resemblances to the Barmekin of Echt (NJ70NW 1). The innermost line of defence is a ruined wall which encloses an area measuring 400ft...
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New prehistoric shrimp colonies found at Caerlaverock Two new colonies of one of the UK's most ancient creatures have been discovered in south west Scotland. The tadpole shrimps - which date back at least 220 million years - have been found at the Caerlaverock reserve in Dumfries and Galloway. [url...
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Lara Croft
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Derby inner ring road to be named Lara Croft Way A new £36.2m Derby road is to be named after computer game and movie character Lara Croft following a public vote. More than 27,000 people took part in the vote to name the new road. Lara Croft Way captured 89 percent of the votes; the other options for the ro...
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Fewer Midges
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A heatwave in Scotland has killed off midges in record numbers, according to an expert at Edinburgh University.
The biting insect, which is notorious for blighting holidays in Scotland, thrives in warm, damp conditions.
Dr Alison Blackwell said about 30% fewer midges had been counted this...
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Plastiki
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A boat made from thousands of plastic bottles has sailed into Sydney Harbour, completing a four-month voyage that began in San Francisco. The boat, called the Plastiki, was built using 12,500 plastic bottles. Read more
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Dunadd Hill Fort
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Dunadd, (Scottish Gaelic Dùn Add, 'fort on the [River] Add', is an Iron Age and later hillfort near Kilmartin in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata Read more
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Marine life
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Using high-tech robotic cameras, a team of scientists is getting a rare first glimpse of marine life in the North Atlantic that could shed light on the ocean's ecosystem and climate to as far back as 1,000 years. Images of tulip-shaped sponges, brightly coloured corals, delicate pink stars and feat...
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Muziris
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Archaeologists working on India's south-west coast believe they may have solved the mystery of the location of a major port which was key to trade between India and the Roman Empire - Muziris, in the modern-day state of Kerala.
For many years, people have been in search of the almost myth...
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Thermosphere
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The thermosphere is the layer of the earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere. Within this layer, ultraviolet radiation causes ionisation. The International Space Station has a stable orbit within the upper part of the thermosphere, between 320 and 380...
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kimberlite
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Kimberlite is a type of potassic volcanic rock best known for sometimes containing diamonds. It is named after the town of Kimberley in South Africa, where the discovery of an 83.5-carat (16.7 g) diamond in 1871 spawned a diamond rush, eventually creating the Big Hole. [url=http://en.wikipedia....
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Mid-mantle plume
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A blob of the Earth's gooey insides linked to volcanic eruptions has been detected below southern Africa. The newly discovered blob is known to geologists as a mid-mantle plume. Mantle plumes are columns of hot, gushy gunk that flow toward the Earth's surface and are a known contributor to volcanic...
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