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Panoramic virtual views of Stonehenge to wow visitors with a 32ft landscape wall

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 17:36
Protestors may partially get their wishes for access to Stonehenge, as English Heritage is developing a solution, a virtual visit in a panoramic cinema where tourists can experience standing in the ancient site.
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Riddle of 2,400-year-old mummy-making myths exploded

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 15:27
The latest scientific discoveries have disproved that ancient Egyptian embalmers always left the heart in place, or removed the guts using cedar oil enemas.
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Multiple choice exams benefit students as 'placebo effect'of picking correct answer means they are more relaxed

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 14:12
A study of 40 undergraduates revealed that when the mind is relaxed and confident, anxieties which were previously focusing on other cognitive function, became 'available for other tasks and processes.'
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Usually, I catch on fire The ecologist who has to detonate thousands of methane bubble grenades trapped in frozen lake

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 13:25
Toxic bubbles of highly-flammable methane are trapped in grenade-like bubbles just inches beneath the surface of the ice. Once popped methane escapes the bubbles and ignites in spectacular explosions triggered by big bang-loving boffin Katey Walter.
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Government's outgoing chief scientist says existing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will cause storms and droughts for next 25 years

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 11:44
Professor Sir John Beddington said the effects of climate change on the weather were already being felt in the UK.
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More attractive birds mother healthier chicks even if they are rearing another animal's offspring

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 10:03
Studies of female great tits' appearance, and the weight and immune strength of their chicks at two weeks, has revealed a direct link between the health of the infants and the 'attractiveness' of their mother.
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Flexible stegosaurus found inventive way to mate to avoid partner's spiky back

Mon, 03/25/2013 - 07:37
Dinosaurs had sex in the missionary position to stop them from being castrated, according to a new study. It contradicts long-held beliefs that the male mounted the female from behind.
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Mesmerizing NASA photographs capture the twinkling lights of cities around the world from 240 miles high

Sun, 03/24/2013 - 23:02
The photographs, taken by Expedition 33 crew as the International space station orbits the Earth, show the mesmerizing lights of (from top left, clockwise) Tokyo, Kuwait City, Baltimore, Maryland and Istanbul.
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The amazing satellite image which shows how one tiny town (pop. 14,716) has fracked enough oil and gas to light up 'Saudi America'

Sun, 03/24/2013 - 00:16
The town of Williston, North Dakota, has vast oil deposits and recent investment has meant that the desolate area is now lit up as brightly as the biggest cities in the U.S.
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Extremely rare 300m-year-old fossilised footprints of a pair of mating horseshoe crabs found by schoolboy, 10

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 18:44
Bruno Debattista (pictured), from Oxford, brought a piece of shale with what he thought might be a fossilised imprint to the Oxford University's Museum of Natural History.
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Watch out! The terrifying robotic snake that can be THROWN and any object

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 15:24
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics laboratory say the robosnake can perch on posts, in trees and can even shimmy up drainpipes.
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Samsung Galaxy S4: British users will get 'crippled' version with downgraded chip

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 08:59
The latest version of the South Korean company's flagship smartphone will arrive on these shores with a only quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU, the Samsung has admitted.
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Think variety if the spice of life? Think again: Humans prefer to stick with things we know

Fri, 03/22/2013 - 07:45
The phenomenon explains why our kitchen cupboards are full of tins and packets of food that will never be eaten and why many a bookshelf contains novels that have never been opened.
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Has Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos recovered the rockets that launched Apollo 11's historic 1969 mission to the moon?

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:08
Amazon's billionaire boss has recovered what he believes could be the historic Apollo rocket motors that took man to the moon.
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The medical lab under the skin that can automatically phone the doctor if you fall ill

Wed, 03/20/2013 - 13:36
Developed by Swiss scientists, the implant measures just 14mm long and can spot tiny changes in chemicals in a patient's bloodstream, and use their mobile phone to alert doctors
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Man catches woman who stole his iPad after he logs in and sees her taking hilarious 'selfy' portraits

Mon, 03/18/2013 - 21:05
Arkansas man Allen Engstrom won't have to get a sketch artist for a picture of the woman he says has his iPad, as she keeps sending pictures of herself to him. He said she someone got it after he left it on a plane.
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