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New Moore Island
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The New Moore Island, once a flashpoint between India and Bangladesh in the Sunderbans is now history, as it has been consumed by the rising sea. Read more
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Heavy-lift AC313 helicopter
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China's first domestically developed civilian helicopter has completed a successful maiden flight in Jingdezhen, in the eastern province of Jiangxi. Read more
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Carter Observatory
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Refurbishment of Carter Observatory Carter Observatory closed its doors to the public on May 3 for several months, while it is given a major refurbishment. The refurbishment will be in two parts, the renovation of the building and the making of new displays. The historic exterior of the building wi...
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Sir Ian Axford (1933 - 2010)
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Domenico Pacini
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Title: Domenico Pacini, the forgotten pioneer of the discovery of cosmic rays Authors: Alessandro De Angelis, Nicola Giglietto, Sebastiano Stramaglia (Version v2) About a century ago, cosmic rays were identified as being a source of radiation on Earth. The proof came from two independent exper...
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Phil Charles
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South Africa's chief astronomer, the highly regarded director of the South African Astronomical Observatory Phil Charles, has been suspended by the National Research Foundation. He faces potential dismissal over his alleged leaking of confidential information to fellow scientists and is to...
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Black Fort
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The Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland, are the location of ancient coastal forts. Dun Aengus (also Dun Angus and Dun Aonghusa) is located on Inish-more, the largest of the three Aran Islands. Sited on top of towering 90m high cliffs it is acknowledged to be one of the finest prehistoric monuments in...
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Bill Taub (1924-2010)
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Bill Taub, 86, a self-taught NASA photographer who documented the country's major aeronautics and space-flight events from 1958 to 1975, including the missions that sent the first men into orbit and onto the moon, died Feb. 20 at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham. He had pneumonia and multiple...
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Orthi Petra
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Dynasty of Priestesses For a quarter century, Greek excavation director Nicholas Stampolidis and his dedicated team have been unearthing the untold stories of the people buried some 2,800 years ago in the necropolis of Orthi Petra at Eleutherna on Crete. Until now, the site has perhaps been best k...
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Chou Kyong-chol (1929 - 2010)
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Astronomer Chou Kyong-chol, 81, nicknamed by Koreans as "Dr. Apollo" passed away on Saturday after falling into a coma at Yonsei Severance Hospital in Seoul. Chou, who was suffering heart failure, is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Kim, a former chairman of the Korea Astronom...
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Joanne Simpson (1923 - 2010)
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Joanne Simpson (born 1923, died March 4, 2010) was the first woman to ever receive a Ph.D. in meteorology. She eventually became NASA's lead weather researcher and has authored or co-authored over 190 articles. Read more
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Peter Crouch
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It has been revealed that Peter Crouch, the English international football player, is an avid stargazer. He got interested in astronomy through watching the television program 'The Sky at Night' hosted by Patrick Moore.
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Ballymena Neolithic ring fort
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Thousands of years ago our Neolithic forebears were hunting wild game with flint arrows in the hills overlooking what is now Ballymena. Now theyre still making their presence felt, delaying a road dualling scheme that was aimed at easing congestion between the town and the M2. [url=http://www.be...
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Copper mines
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Ancient copper trade routes in Yunnan Province Once caravan routes, and copper merchants from throughout China converged in remote but bustling Nagu Town in Yunnan Province near misted mountains of rich copper mines. Nagu means "black earth" in the language of the Yi ethnic group, ind...
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