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Ancient meat-loving predators survived for 35 million years A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth. A detailed description of a fossil that scient...

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Summis desiderantes affectibus (English: Desiring with supreme ardor) was a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII on December 5, 1484. The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he wa...

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New giant pandas for Britain Two giant pandas, Sweetie and Sunshine, are to be brought to Edinburgh Zoo under a historic agreement with China.

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Nepal pipes biogas expertise abroad[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15991384]Read

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New Ice Patrol ship HMS Protector heads for the frozen south HMS Protector The Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, left Portsmouth earlier this week (Monday 28 November) for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling the seas around Antarctica. [url=http://www.antarctic...

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Russia activates missile early warning radar system Russia has turned on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe. President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the system to be activated on a visit to the radar unit in Kalining...

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Queen's Anniversary Prize for WildCRU Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. It is the eighth time that the University has been awarded the Prize, more than any other university. The Prize, announced on the evening of 2...

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Fake forum comments are 'eroding' trust in the web While the practice of flooding forums with fake comments is most widespread in China, where such posters are called the Internet Water Army, it is becoming common in other nations too. The US military is known to use fakes to infiltrate chat forums to...

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Radioactive particles has been found buried underneath a beach in Fife which has been cordoned off for a month. The foreshore at Dalgety Bay was closed after tests carried out over the weekend of October 8 and 9 found high levels of radiation. Since then, worked from the Scottish Environment Protect...

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Botanists discover 'remarkable' night-flowering orchid A night-flowering orchid, the first of its kind known to science, has been described by a team of botanists. Experts say the "remarkable" species is the only orchid known to consistently flower at night, but why it has adopted th...

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Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a near...

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Dinosaur Isle fossil hunt reckless Tonnes of rock has been removed from a Jurassic site on Skye in what has been described as one of Scotland's most reckless acts of fossil collecting. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said rock was dug away from cliffs near Bearreraig Bay in an apparent organised sea...

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Ancient Warship Discovered A successful expedition, led by Deep Sea Productions founder Carl Douglas, has resulted in the discovery of an ancient warship off the island of Oland in Southern Sweden. It is believed to be Svärdet, a ship that went under in 1676. It is one of two giant ships that were lost...

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Bulgarian archaeological site destroyed by bulldozers An archaeological site in Bulgaria, including remnants of a village said to date back 8000 years, has been destroyed by bulldozers, allegedly the work of a construction company building part of a new road from Bulgaria to Greece. The destru...

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Low levels of radioactive particles 'found in Europe' Low levels of radioactive particles have been detected in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, the UN nuclear agency has said. The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. [url...

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	Varanopidae (Preview) Ancient meat-loving predators survived for 35 million years A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth. A detailed description of a fossil that scient...	Blobrana	0	Dec 6 15:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Summis desiderantes affectibus (Preview) Summis desiderantes affectibus (English: Desiring with supreme ardor) was a papal bull issued by Pope Innocent VIII on December 5, 1484. The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he wa...	Blobrana	0	Dec 5 00:47 2011 by Blobrana
	Giant pandas (Preview) New giant pandas for Britain Two giant pandas, Sweetie and Sunshine, are to be brought to Edinburgh Zoo under a historic agreement with China.	Blobrana	1	Dec 4 18:55 2011 by Blobrana
	Biogas (Preview) Nepal pipes biogas expertise abroad[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15991384]Read	Blobrana	0	Dec 2 00:48 2011 by Blobrana
	HMS Protector Boat (Preview) New Ice Patrol ship HMS Protector heads for the frozen south HMS Protector The Royal Navy's new ice patrol ship, HMS Protector, left Portsmouth earlier this week (Monday 28 November) for an eight-month deployment surveying and patrolling the seas around Antarctica. [url=http://www.antarctic...	Blobrana	0	Nov 30 13:59 2011 by Blobrana
	Voronezh-DM radar system (Preview) Russia activates missile early warning radar system Russia has turned on a new incoming missile early warning system in its westernmost region in response to US plans for a missile shield in Europe. President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the system to be activated on a visit to the radar unit in Kalining...	Blobrana	0	Nov 29 15:03 2011 by Blobrana
	WildCRU (Preview) Queen's Anniversary Prize for WildCRU Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize. It is the eighth time that the University has been awarded the Prize, more than any other university. The Prize, announced on the evening of 2...	Blobrana	0	Nov 25 00:24 2011 by Blobrana
	Fake forum comments (Preview) Fake forum comments are 'eroding' trust in the web While the practice of flooding forums with fake comments is most widespread in China, where such posters are called the Internet Water Army, it is becoming common in other nations too. The US military is known to use fakes to infiltrate chat forums to...	Blobrana	0	Nov 24 13:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Dalgety Bay Radioactive particles (Preview) Radioactive particles has been found buried underneath a beach in Fife which has been cordoned off for a month. The foreshore at Dalgety Bay was closed after tests carried out over the weekend of October 8 and 9 found high levels of radiation. Since then, worked from the Scottish Environment Protect...	Blobrana	1	Nov 22 09:58 2011 by Blobrana
	Bulbophyllum nocturnum Plants (Preview) Botanists discover 'remarkable' night-flowering orchid A night-flowering orchid, the first of its kind known to science, has been described by a team of botanists. Experts say the "remarkable" species is the only orchid known to consistently flower at night, but why it has adopted th...	Blobrana	0	Nov 22 01:19 2011 by Blobrana
	Peoples Temple Agricultural Project (Preview) Jonestown was the informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, an intentional community in northwestern Guyana formed by the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. It became internationally notorious when, on November 18, 1978, 918 people died in the settlement as well as in a near...	Blobrana	1	Nov 19 00:59 2011 by Blobrana
	Bearreraig Bay fossils (Preview) Dinosaur Isle fossil hunt reckless Tonnes of rock has been removed from a Jurassic site on Skye in what has been described as one of Scotland's most reckless acts of fossil collecting. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) said rock was dug away from cliffs near Bearreraig Bay in an apparent organised sea...	Blobrana	0	Nov 18 13:04 2011 by Blobrana
	Svärdet Boat (Preview) Ancient Warship Discovered A successful expedition, led by Deep Sea Productions founder Carl Douglas, has resulted in the discovery of an ancient warship off the island of Oland in Southern Sweden. It is believed to be Svärdet, a ship that went under in 1676. It is one of two giant ships that were lost...	Blobrana	0	Nov 16 23:23 2011 by Blobrana
	Bulgarian archaeological site (Preview) Bulgarian archaeological site destroyed by bulldozers An archaeological site in Bulgaria, including remnants of a village said to date back 8000 years, has been destroyed by bulldozers, allegedly the work of a construction company building part of a new road from Bulgaria to Greece. The destru...	Blobrana	0	Nov 16 14:04 2011 by Blobrana
	European radioactive particles (Preview) Low levels of radioactive particles 'found in Europe' Low levels of radioactive particles have been detected in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe, the UN nuclear agency has said. The iodine-131 particles do not pose a public health risk, the International Atomic Energy Agency said. [url...	Blobrana	0	Nov 11 19:28 2011 by Blobrana
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