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Time capsule buried under The Francis Crick Institute A time capsule was buried yesterday under the site of The Francis Crick Institute by Francis Crick's daughter Gabrielle. The burial at the site in St Pancras and Somers Town in London was witnessed by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the scienc...

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Giant Kraken Lair Discovered Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain, or so it seemed before Mount Holyoke College paleon...

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The Lutine was a Magicienne-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1779, captured by the Royal Navy, recommissioned as HMS Lutine, and lost in 1799. The Lutine Bell from the ship is preserved at Lloyd's of London. Read more

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The Battle of Cibalae was fought on October 8, 314 (or perhaps as late as 316, the chronology is uncertain), between the two Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius. Read more

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The Battle of Artaxata was fought in 68 BC between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Armenia. Read more

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The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (modern day Orange, Vaucluse) and the Rhône River. Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni were two Roman armies, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio an...

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Water shortage hits Tokelau in the South Pacific A second South Pacific community is suffering a severe water shortage due to an ongoing drought crisis. Tokelau declared a state of emergency late on Monday, following a similar move in neighbouring Tuvalu, where water is already being rationed. [...

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The naval battle of Lake Poyang (30 August - 4 October AD 1363 and was one of the final battles fought in the fall of China's Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. Read more

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The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate) and the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. Read more

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A piece of music composed by Beethoven in 1799 and lost for over 200 years has been painstakingly reconstructed by a Professor of Music at The University of Manchester. Professor Barry Coopers reconstruction of the original slow movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in G, Opus 18 Number 2, will be...

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A sacred tree which came back to life after it was nearly destroyed by vandals must now be replaced - thanks to trophy hunters who have broken off its new shoots. The Holy Thorn Tree in Glastonbury Somerset had its branches hacked off in December last year. [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...

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The Rainier shot nuclear test, conducted September 19, 1957, was the first fully contained underground nuclear test, meaning that no fission products were vented into the atmosphere. This test of 1.7 KT could be detected around the world by seismologists using ordinary seismic instruments. The...

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Researchers conducting excavations in Yesilova Höyük, the oldest known area of human settlement in Izmir, have announced the discovery of fingerprints belonging to former residents of the area that are more than eight millennia old. "We have discovered fingerprints that go back 8,500 yea...

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Elaborate rock art which for years is believed to have been created by prehistoric Ilkley man (West Yorkshire, England) was probably only created about 170 years ago, it has been revealed. A Victorian workman could have been responsible for some of the markings on one of Britain's most famous examp...

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	Francis Crick Institute (Preview) Time capsule buried under The Francis Crick Institute A time capsule was buried yesterday under the site of The Francis Crick Institute by Francis Crick's daughter Gabrielle. The burial at the site in St Pancras and Somers Town in London was witnessed by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the scienc...	Blobrana	0	Oct 12 15:00 2011 by Blobrana
	Triassic kraken (Preview) Giant Kraken Lair Discovered Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain, or so it seemed before Mount Holyoke College paleon...	Blobrana	0	Oct 10 14:51 2011 by Blobrana
	HMS Lutine (Preview) The Lutine was a Magicienne-class frigate of the French Navy, launched in 1779, captured by the Royal Navy, recommissioned as HMS Lutine, and lost in 1799. The Lutine Bell from the ship is preserved at Lloyd's of London. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 9 10:19 2011 by Blobrana
	Battle of Cibalae (Preview) The Battle of Cibalae was fought on October 8, 314 (or perhaps as late as 316, the chronology is uncertain), between the two Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 7 23:26 2011 by Blobrana
	Battle of Artaxata (Preview) The Battle of Artaxata was fought in 68 BC between the Roman Republic and the Kingdom of Armenia. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 5 23:21 2011 by Blobrana
	Battle of Arausio (Preview) The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (modern day Orange, Vaucluse) and the Rhône River. Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni were two Roman armies, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio an...	Blobrana	0	Oct 5 23:16 2011 by Blobrana
	Water shortage (Preview) Water shortage hits Tokelau in the South Pacific A second South Pacific community is suffering a severe water shortage due to an ongoing drought crisis. Tokelau declared a state of emergency late on Monday, following a similar move in neighbouring Tuvalu, where water is already being rationed. [...	Blobrana	0	Oct 5 19:08 2011 by Blobrana
	Battle of Lake Poyang (Preview) The naval battle of Lake Poyang (30 August - 4 October AD 1363 and was one of the final battles fought in the fall of China's Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 3 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
	Battle of Philippi (Preview) The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (the Second Triumvirate) and the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia. Read more	Blobrana	0	Oct 2 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
	Beethoven (Preview) A piece of music composed by Beethoven in 1799 and lost for over 200 years has been painstakingly reconstructed by a Professor of Music at The University of Manchester. Professor Barry Coopers reconstruction of the original slow movement of Beethoven's String Quartet in G, Opus 18 Number 2, will be...	Blobrana	0	Sep 28 09:47 2011 by Blobrana
	Holy Thorn Tree Tree (Preview) A sacred tree which came back to life after it was nearly destroyed by vandals must now be replaced - thanks to trophy hunters who have broken off its new shoots. The Holy Thorn Tree in Glastonbury Somerset had its branches hacked off in December last year. [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...	Blobrana	0	Sep 19 00:17 2011 by Blobrana
	Rainier shot nuclear test (Preview) The Rainier shot nuclear test, conducted September 19, 1957, was the first fully contained underground nuclear test, meaning that no fission products were vented into the atmosphere. This test of 1.7 KT could be detected around the world by seismologists using ordinary seismic instruments. The...	Blobrana	0	Sep 18 23:09 2011 by Blobrana
	Yeşilova Höyük (Preview) Researchers conducting excavations in Yesilova Höyük, the oldest known area of human settlement in Izmir, have announced the discovery of fingerprints belonging to former residents of the area that are more than eight millennia old. "We have discovered fingerprints that go back 8,500 yea...	Blobrana	0	Sep 10 10:47 2011 by Blobrana
	The Panorama Stones (Preview) Elaborate rock art which for years is believed to have been created by prehistoric Ilkley man (West Yorkshire, England) was probably only created about 170 years ago, it has been revealed. A Victorian workman could have been responsible for some of the markings on one of Britain's most famous examp...	Blobrana	1	Aug 28 12:31 2011 by Anonymous
	Arctic rowing expedition (Preview) [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scot...	Blobrana	0	Aug 26 09:15 2011 by Blobrana
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