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Climate e-mails row
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A colleague of the UK professor at the centre of the climate e-mails row says "sceptics" have embarked on a "tabloid-style character assassination". Professor Andrew Watson rallied to the defence of climate scientist Phil Jones, whose e-mail exchanges prompted claims th...
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Mermaid's necklace
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The next time you bungee jump off a cliff, new materials developed in the United States and Canada may be able to provide you with a smoother ride. Based on mermaid's necklace, a gooey, stringy material snails use to protect their growing embryos, the synthetic substance could have a range of applica...
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Chongming Island
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Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel-bridge opens The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel-bridge opens to traffic Saturday. It provides a quick link between Shanghai and two of its major islands for the first time. The project links Pudong New Area and Chongming Island via Changxing Island. The route to Chon...
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Franklin Institute Telescope Contest
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Leonard Nimoy Signed Telescope Contest A vintage telescope signed by Leonard Nimoy has been won by Patricia Kelty of Brooklyn, New York, in a contest run by the Franklin Institute Science Museum.
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Phoenix Islands
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Eight atolls in the Pacific represent the world's largest marine protected area The Phoenix Islands aren't obvious on a map - eight scattered coral atolls barely above sea level in the equatorial western Pacific. These specks form the most remote coral island archipelago in the world, 1,000 miles...
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Suspect
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French police have arrested a nuclear physicist on suspicion that he had links to terrorist organisations in Algeria, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said Friday. The man was one of more than 7,000 scientists working at the organisation and has been assigned to analysis projects u...
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Iranian UFO
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A UFO appears to streak through the sky in this astonishing video of the Iranians test firing a controversial missile. The mystery object zooms unseen through Iran's airspace - before splitting a cloud in two as the film focuses in on the soaring rocket. [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepa...
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Assaf Ramon
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Sowa Rigpa
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Sowa Rigpa, ancient Tibetan medicine gets official status Sowa Rigpa or commonly knows as 'Amchi' ancient system of Tibetan medicine will soon be given legal status by the central government. Since ancient times this system has been used to cure people in Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Aru...
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Taekwon V Statue
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Giant robot Taekwon V Statue[url=http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/06/giant-robot-taekwon-v-statue-kor...
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Pollution
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Crude oil from the wrecked 146 000-ton tanker, Hebei Spirit, is seen polluting the sea off South Korea in this Envisat image. More than 10 000 tons of oil from the tanker is reported to have leaked into the sea since colliding with another vessel on Friday 7 December. The South Korean government has dec...
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Computer hacker
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A British computer hacker begins a last-ditch challenge tomorrow to stop his extradition to the United States where he could face up to 70 years jail. Gary McKinnon, 42, is bringing a judicial review challenge to the decision by the Home Secretary that he should be extradited over allegations that h...
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Abraxas Rex
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Brooklyn-born jewellery designer Paris Kain doesn't limit himself to his precious, unusual line, Abraxas Rex - the oft-tapped runway collaborator is also a photographer, painter, and filmmaker. (His upcoming documentary, 008, is based on the life of his father, a former CIA assassin.) Launche...
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Dr. Wernher von Braun
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Don't confuse German rocket scientists with Nazi war criminals who have been tried and punished, a key member of SS Major Dr. Wernher von Braun's rocket team said Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Konrad Dannenberg, 94, who came to America...
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Alastair Reynolds
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Hailed as the "man who gave credibility back to space opera", British writer Alastair Reynolds has signed a 10-book deal worth £1m, it was announced tonight , in one of science fiction's biggest-ever contracts. Reynolds, a former astronomer from south Wales, said he was "amazed a...
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