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Death of rare Northern White Rhino leaves four alive One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world has died. Nabire, a 31-year-old female, died at the Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic on Monday evening of a ruptured cyst. Her death leaves just three females and one male alive; one of t...

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'Proof' Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22362831]Read

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The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world. Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, fo...

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Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. The later versions excluded the most direct challenges to the monarch's authorit...

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A team of investigators is heading to one of the most remote islands in the Pacific next week to resolve a 70-year-old mystery: what happened to Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous woman aviator. The glamorous adventurer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, disappeared along with n...

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A search for oil in the Baltic Sea has turned up the wreck of the German World War 2 aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, whose whereabouts had been a mystery since it was sunk by the Soviet navy after the war. A research ship belonging to Polish oil company Petrobaltic found the 250-metre wreck 55km nor...

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Many open access publishers such as PLoS, BioMed Central and Hindawi charge a publication fee to authors to recover the costs associated with publishing their journals. And more and more traditional publishers are now offering authors the option of open access upon payment of a publication fee. A...

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RMS Lusitania is launched on the 7th June 1906

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Like tartan, bagpipes, and shortbread Scotland's Loch Ness Monster is as much an emblem as a tourist draw. And now Nessie's back. An amateur scientist has captured what Loch Ness Monster watchers say is among the finest footage ever taken of the elusive mythical creature reputed to swim beneath the...

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UK Super-strength tuberculosis Doctors in Glasgow are treating the UK's first diagnosed case of the drug-resistant XDR tuberculosis strain. Read more

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Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. The Aphrodite of Milos was discovered by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas on April 8, 1820, inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, on the A...

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Japan's WW2 'Musashi battleship wreck found' American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship, the Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk by US forces. Read more Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Na...

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An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall. Computers at Goonhilly satellite station, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, are connected to BT's global internet protocol network. That means users can download data at speed...

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New paint makes tough self-cleaning surfaces A new paint that makes robust self-cleaning surfaces has been developed by a team led by UCL researchers. The coating can be applied to clothes, paper, glass and steel and when combined with adhesives, maintains its self-cleaning properties after bei...

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'Exceptional tomb of Celtic prince' found in France An "exceptional" tomb from the 5th Century BC likely to be that of a Celtic prince has been unearthed on the outskirts of Lavau in France's Champagne region. Read more

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	White Rhino (Preview) Death of rare Northern White Rhino leaves four alive One of the last five Northern White Rhino left in the world has died. Nabire, a 31-year-old female, died at the Dvur Kralove zoo in the Czech Republic on Monday evening of a ruptured cyst. Her death leaves just three females and one male alive; one of t...	Blobrana	0	Jul 29 14:12 2015 by Blobrana
	Jamestown (Preview) 'Proof' Jamestown settlers turned to cannibalism[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22362831]Read	Blobrana	1	Jul 28 17:19 2015 by Blobrana
	RMS Titanic Boat (Preview) The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world. Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, fo...	Blobrana	9	Jun 18 11:43 2015 by Blobrana
	Magna Carta (Preview) Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an English charter, originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. The later versions excluded the most direct challenges to the monarch's authorit...	Blobrana	2	Jun 13 21:03 2015 by Blobrana
	Amelia Earhart ( 1 2 ) Person (Preview) A team of investigators is heading to one of the most remote islands in the Pacific next week to resolve a 70-year-old mystery: what happened to Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous woman aviator. The glamorous adventurer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, disappeared along with n...	Blobrana	19	Jun 10 22:14 2015 by Blobrana
	Graf Zeppelin Zeppelin (Preview) A search for oil in the Baltic Sea has turned up the wreck of the German World War 2 aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, whose whereabouts had been a mystery since it was sunk by the Soviet navy after the war. A research ship belonging to Polish oil company Petrobaltic found the 250-metre wreck 55km nor...	Blobrana	4	Jun 2 11:07 2015 by Blobrana
	Paying for Open Access Publishing (Preview) Many open access publishers such as PLoS, BioMed Central and Hindawi charge a publication fee to authors to recover the costs associated with publishing their journals. And more and more traditional publishers are now offering authors the option of open access upon payment of a publication fee. A...	Blobrana	8	May 27 19:10 2015 by Blobrana
	RMS Lusitania (Preview) RMS Lusitania is launched on the 7th June 1906	Blobrana	4	May 7 05:24 2015 by Blobrana
	Loch ness ( 1 2 ) Monster (Preview) Like tartan, bagpipes, and shortbread Scotland's Loch Ness Monster is as much an emblem as a tourist draw. And now Nessie's back. An amateur scientist has captured what Loch Ness Monster watchers say is among the finest footage ever taken of the elusive mythical creature reputed to swim beneath the...	Blobrana	14	Apr 21 10:25 2015 by Blobrana
	Tuberculosis (Preview) UK Super-strength tuberculosis Doctors in Glasgow are treating the UK's first diagnosed case of the drug-resistant XDR tuberculosis strain. Read more	Blobrana	1	Apr 20 17:52 2015 by Blobrana
	Aphrodite of Milos (Preview) Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, is an ancient Greek statue and one of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture. The Aphrodite of Milos was discovered by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas on April 8, 1820, inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, on the A...	Blobrana	3	Apr 8 14:48 2015 by Blobrana
	Musashi (Preview) Japan's WW2 'Musashi battleship wreck found' American billionaire Paul Allen has announced the discovery of the famous World War Two Japanese battleship, the Musashi, more than 70 years after it was sunk by US forces. Read more Musashi was the second ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Na...	Blobrana	1	Mar 13 07:02 2015 by Blobrana
	Goonhilly internet cafe (Preview) An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall. Computers at Goonhilly satellite station, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, are connected to BT's global internet protocol network. That means users can download data at speed...	Blobrana	4	Mar 11 17:28 2015 by Blobrana
	Paint (Preview) New paint makes tough self-cleaning surfaces A new paint that makes robust self-cleaning surfaces has been developed by a team led by UCL researchers. The coating can be applied to clothes, paper, glass and steel and when combined with adhesives, maintains its self-cleaning properties after bei...	Blobrana	0	Mar 6 12:01 2015 by Blobrana
	Iron Age Lavau (Preview) 'Exceptional tomb of Celtic prince' found in France An "exceptional" tomb from the 5th Century BC likely to be that of a Celtic prince has been unearthed on the outskirts of Lavau in France's Champagne region. Read more	Blobrana	0	Mar 5 15:34 2015 by Blobrana
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