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An unusual rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the rare phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific evidence available to explain the formation of the discs. UFO-enthusiasts claim that, like...

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Following speculation that a UFO crashed into a Lincolnshire wind turbine, would you be covered if one crashed into your house? Julie Carter, of specialist insurance broker Adrian Flux, recalls that when the company's Household division was set up ten years ago, many insurance companies would be...

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1820: Royal Observatory established in Cape Town long before Observatory, the suburb in which some of the buildings still stand, filled up with students and healing crystals. 1965: First images of Mars - 21 in total - taken by the Mariner IV spacecraft and received by a satellite tracking facility i...

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Four villagers who bought a hill which, according to local legend, is where King Arthur married Guinevere want to turn it into a nature reserve. The four paid £86,000 for woodland at Castle Hill at Knucklas, near Knighton, Powys, and intend to allow archaeologists to excavate the site. Folklore say...

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Egyptian archaeologists have found the remains of a mummy thought to be that of Queen Seshestet, the mother of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC, the government said on Thursday. After five hours spent lifting the lid of a sarcophagus in a pyramid discovered south of Cairo last year, the...

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Flooding on a scale that devastated parts of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown. A study by Dr Hayley Fowler, of Newcastle University, predicts that severe storms the likes of which currently occur every five to 25 years across the...

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The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organisers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and oth...

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Rose Atoll, located approximately 130 nautical miles east-southeast of Pago Pago Harbour, American Samoa, and is the easternmost Samoan island and the only atoll in the Samoan Archipelago, will become a US National Monument. It is currently a US National Wildlife Refuge that is closed to the publ...

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A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivalling similar monoliths on land. The 200 metre-long, 10 meter-high undersea wall, which looks like thousands of pillars packed together, is near the Pescadores archipelago, res...

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Title: Remotely sensed dune celerity and sand flux measurements of the world's fastest barchans (Bodélé, Chad) Authors: Pieter Vermeesch, Nick Drake Quantifying sand flux with field measurements is an expensive and time-consuming process. We here present an alternative approach using the CO...

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The Egyptian pharaoh Djedefre (or Radjedef) was the successor and son of Khufu. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Re." Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra as part of his royal titulary, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity...

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A giant tortoise that has been dubbed the world's oldest living creature may actually be an imposter, living under an assumed identity, it has emerged. It had been reported that Jonathan, a present-day resident of St Helena, was living on the remote British island when Napoleon was exiled there bac...

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A chemistry experiment that has been off limits to college students for more than a century can now be performed safely thanks to a procedure developed at Indiana State University using a popular laundry product. The procedure, known as the [url=http://www.organic-chemistry.org/frames.... >

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Scientists have shown that tiny crystals found inside bacteria provide a magnetic compass to help them navigate through sediment to find the best food, in research out today. Researchers say their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, could provide fresh clues to explai...

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	Rotating ice circle (Preview) An unusual rotating ice circle, normally found in the cooler rivers of Scandinavia or North America, has formed in the UK waterways. The cause of the rare phenomenon is unclear, with very little scientific evidence available to explain the formation of the discs. UFO-enthusiasts claim that, like...	Blobrana	0	Jan 13 19:44 2009 by Blobrana
	UFO insurance (Preview) Following speculation that a UFO crashed into a Lincolnshire wind turbine, would you be covered if one crashed into your house? Julie Carter, of specialist insurance broker Adrian Flux, recalls that when the company's Household division was set up ten years ago, many insurance companies would be...	Blobrana	0	Jan 13 18:57 2009 by Blobrana
	Babel (Preview) [url=http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090110080951/Iraq:%20$700,000%20to%20preserve%20Babel%20archeological%...	Blobrana	0	Jan 11 00:58 2009 by Blobrana
	South Africa's Space Odyssey (Preview) 1820: Royal Observatory established in Cape Town long before Observatory, the suburb in which some of the buildings still stand, filled up with students and healing crystals. 1965: First images of Mars - 21 in total - taken by the Mariner IV spacecraft and received by a satellite tracking facility i...	Blobrana	0	Jan 11 00:22 2009 by Blobrana
	Castle Hill, Knucklas Arthurian (Preview) Four villagers who bought a hill which, according to local legend, is where King Arthur married Guinevere want to turn it into a nature reserve. The four paid £86,000 for woodland at Castle Hill at Knucklas, near Knighton, Powys, and intend to allow archaeologists to excavate the site. Folklore say...	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 18:03 2009 by Blobrana
	Queen Seshestet Egyptian (Preview) Egyptian archaeologists have found the remains of a mummy thought to be that of Queen Seshestet, the mother of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC, the government said on Thursday. After five hours spent lifting the lid of a sarcophagus in a pyramid discovered south of Cairo last year, the...	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 17:56 2009 by Blobrana
	Flooding (Preview) Flooding on a scale that devastated parts of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown. A study by Dr Hayley Fowler, of Newcastle University, predicts that severe storms the likes of which currently occur every five to 25 years across the...	Blobrana	0	Jan 9 12:21 2009 by Blobrana
	New 7 Wonders of Nature (Preview) The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organisers said Wednesday. The 261 nominees from 222 countries include some of the most famous mountain peaks, lakes, and oth...	Blobrana	0	Jan 6 23:35 2009 by Blobrana
	Rose Atoll (Preview) Rose Atoll, located approximately 130 nautical miles east-southeast of Pago Pago Harbour, American Samoa, and is the easternmost Samoan island and the only atoll in the Samoan Archipelago, will become a US National Monument. It is currently a US National Wildlife Refuge that is closed to the publ...	Blobrana	0	Jan 6 20:47 2009 by Blobrana
	Penghu basalt rock formation (Preview) A biodiversity researcher has found a huge basalt rock formation in the Taiwan Strait, resembling a city wall and rivalling similar monoliths on land. The 200 metre-long, 10 meter-high undersea wall, which looks like thousands of pillars packed together, is near the Pescadores archipelago, res...	Blobrana	0	Jan 5 17:31 2009 by Blobrana
	Sand Dunes (Preview) Title: Remotely sensed dune celerity and sand flux measurements of the world's fastest barchans (Bodélé, Chad) Authors: Pieter Vermeesch, Nick Drake Quantifying sand flux with field measurements is an expensive and time-consuming process. We here present an alternative approach using the CO...	Blobrana	0	Jan 2 16:15 2009 by Blobrana
	Pharaoh Djedefre Egyptian (Preview) The Egyptian pharaoh Djedefre (or Radjedef) was the successor and son of Khufu. The mother of Djedefre is unknown. His name means "Enduring like Re." Djedefre was the first king to use the title Son of Ra as part of his royal titulary, which is seen as an indication of the growing popularity...	Blobrana	2	Dec 29 20:20 2008 by Blobrana
	Jonathan the tortoise Tortoise (Preview) A giant tortoise that has been dubbed the world's oldest living creature may actually be an imposter, living under an assumed identity, it has emerged. It had been reported that Jonathan, a present-day resident of St Helena, was living on the remote British island when Napoleon was exiled there bac...	Blobrana	0	Dec 28 21:17 2008 by Blobrana
	Banned Chemistry (Preview) A chemistry experiment that has been off limits to college students for more than a century can now be performed safely thanks to a procedure developed at Indiana State University using a popular laundry product. The procedure, known as the [url=http://www.organic-chemistry.org/frames.... >	Blobrana	1	Dec 28 12:13 2008 by Blobrana
	Magnetotactic bacteria (Preview) Scientists have shown that tiny crystals found inside bacteria provide a magnetic compass to help them navigate through sediment to find the best food, in research out today. Researchers say their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, could provide fresh clues to explai...	Blobrana	0	Dec 17 14:00 2008 by Blobrana
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