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Tiarajudens eccentricus
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Archaeologists discover sabre-toothed vegetarian Surprised scientists have discovered the remains of a sabre-toothed vegetarian. Researchers report that the leaf-crunching animal lived 260 million years ago in what is now Brazil. It was about the size of a large dog and had nearly 5-inch lon...
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Mayan statue
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A Mayan sculpture that fetched 2.9m euros ($4.2m, £2.5m) at a Paris auction is a fake, Mexican officials believe. The French auction house Drouot maintains that the statue, of a masked figure carrying a shield, is genuine and more than 1,000 years old. But Mexico's National Institute of Anthropolo...
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Doncaster Earth Centre
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Doncaster's failed Earth Centre site is sold off A failed environmental visitor attraction in South Yorkshire has been sold by a council to become an activity centre for school children. The Earth Centre opened in 1999 on the site of a former colliery at Denaby at a cost of £55m, but was closed in 2004 a...
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Nuralagus rex
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Just in time for Easter, the skeleton of a giant rabbit has been discovered, one that was once about six times the size of today's bunnies. On the small island of Minorca, researchers have unearthed an enormous fossil rabbit skeleton. A recent study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontol...
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Tsunami sand
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Clearing of sand dunes formed after a major tsunami in the 15th century to build Coastal National Highway in Maharashtra is threatening a village in Ratnagiri district, a noted Geo archaeologist has warned. Known as `tsunami sand', these sand dunes formed around the time of Vasco Da Gama's visit to...
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Longmen Nuclear Power Plant
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The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant (formerly Gongliao Nuclear Power Plant and Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, often abbreviated as: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Hésì; Taiwanese: Hut-sù or Hek-sù; "Nuke 4"), located in Gongliao Township, is Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant, consisti...
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Art Robinson v OSU
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The Democrat political machine in Oregon really plays hardball when it comes to political payback. In retribution for my running against liberal socialist Peter Defazio in the Oregon District 4 congressional election, DeFazio supporters at Democrat stronghold Oregon State University are try...
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University tuition fees
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TV scientist Brian Cox has warned that higher tuition fees may prevent the stars of tomorrow going to university. "You need to cast the net as wide as possible. Not all Einsteins are rich," said the University of Manchester physicist, who was awarded the OBE last year for services to scien...
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Pirates
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The first written mention we have of piracy is on a clay tablet dating back to the pharaoh Akhenaten, way back in 1350 BC. It describes acts of piracy in the Mediterranean. Ancient Greek merchants mention piracy as part of the cost of being a maritime merchant. More recently, but still a long time ago, a...
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Whydah Gally
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Barry Clifford has been searching the high seas from Africa to Cape Cod, and he's hit real treasure. The Massachusetts-based historian and underwater explorer discovered the wreckage of the Whydah, a pirate ship that sunk off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717, making him the discoverer of the only confi...
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Carolina Parakeet
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The Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was the only parrot species native to the eastern United States. The last wild specimen was killed in Okeechobee County, Florida, in 1904, and the last captive bird died at the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918. Read more
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Three Hares Symbol
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The Mystery of the Three Hares
Intriguing stories about a mysterious emblem that was known 1,500 years ago, has been found in many parts of the world in Christian, Buddhist and Islamic cultures. And no one knows its origin or meaning.
Three British researchers, art historian Sue Andr...
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Mistletoe
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The druids revered mistletoe (and the oak tree) and used it to announce the new year. Because of its pagan associations it is not used by Christians to decorate churches. It is also associated with fertility and conception, which is one reason it is used for kissing under. There is a strict etiquette i...
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Open-Pit Mines
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Open-Pit Mines Seen From Space People have become significant earth movers, outpacing all sources of natural erosion. More and more of our footprint can be seen from space in many forms, including cities, reservoirs, agriculture and deforestation. Among the most impressive human scars on the pl...
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Skydiving
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It could be the ultimate high for extreme sport fans - space diving. The first jumps at more than 20 miles above the surface of the Earth could take place within two years. The ultimate aim is for space divers to leap from a rocket 70 miles up. They would plummet at more than 2500mph and need special suits t...
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