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Lake Kinneret stones
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A marine scientist has discovered a series of mysterious stone patterns on the lake bed of drought-stricken Lake Kinneret. The man-made piles of stone, which are now above water, jut out from the freshwater lake, and sit 30 meters from each other along a 3.5-kilometer stretch of the eastern shore, f...
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Plasma-Propelled Flying Saucer
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Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction. University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships seen in countless Hollywood fi...
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Bushveld Complex
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The world's richest source of platinum and related metals is an enigmatic geological structure in South Africa known as the Bushveld Complex. This complex of ancient magmas is known to have formed some two billion years ago, but the source of its metallic riches has been a matter of scientific dispu...
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Oldest church
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Lying underneath Saint Georgeous Church in Rihab, Mafraq, is what archaeologists describe as the first Christian church in the world. We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33AD to 70AD - Archaeologist Abdul Qader Hussan, head of the Rihab Centre for Archa...
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Black day of 1780
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Black day of 1780 caused by distant wildfires, MU experts say At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became known as New Englands Dark Day, include mentions of midday meals by candlelight, night bird...
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kangaroo
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A 25-million-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australias iconic hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported. This is really the great, great, great, great grandfather of modern kangaroos - Ben Kear, La T...
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Tidal surge
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A 2.2-metre high tidal wave inundated parts of Jakarta overnight as the city government and citizens tried to hold the water back with emergency embankments, a government official said on Wednesday. The height of the water was far greater than earlier predictions. The World Bank, which has been m...
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Ethmia pyrausta
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A moth found on only four previous occasions since 1853 has been rescued from a spider's web close to where it was first recorded. The black-winged and orange bodied Ethmia pyrausta is so rare it has gained almost mythical status, said Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS). [url=http://news.bbc...
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Nicholas Kaiser
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Nicholas Kaiser, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, was elected a fellow of the British Royal Society on May 16. Read more
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Dr Bonnie Dunbar
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A former Nasa astronaut is to receive an honorary Open University degree in Glasgow. It comes in recognition of her role in inspiring thousands of youngsters. Read more
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Crystal skulls
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Two of the best known crystal skulls - artefacts once thought to be the work of ancient American civilisations - are modern fakes, a scientific study shows. Read more
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Gaping Gill Cave
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The public was given a rare chance to dangle deep inside Britain's largest known underground chamber, Gaping Gill, at the weekend. The Bradford Potholing Club winched more than a hundred people one by one into the cave through a pothole in North Yorkshire. It was a quick descent, taking visitors, wh...
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Sancta Sedes
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Eutelsat Communications Group SA
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Shear thinning
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Let's do a little science experiment. If you have a can of whipped cream in the fridge, go get it out. Spray a generous dollop into a spoon and watch carefully. Notice anything interesting? The whipped cream just did something rather puzzling. First it flowed smoothly out of the nozzle like a liquid wo...
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