Asteroid makes close approach
Astronomers have tracked a large asteroid moving close to Earth.The 45-metre-wide (150 feet) space rock, travelling at more than 30 kilometres (18 miles) per second, came within 480,000 kilometres (...
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Fossett sought via Google Earth + inline image
Mr Fossett went missing on 3 September after taking off in his single-engine Citabria aircraft from the Flying M Ranch near Yerington, Nevada. The trip was supposed to last a maximum of three hours....
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Flexing Muscle Sheets Made With Rat Heart Cells - Landscape
Imagine origami that can fold itself into the shape of a fish or a slug鈥攁nd then swim or crawl around under its own power.Researchers at Harvard University have created thin sheets of elastic film...
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Moray Eels Grab Prey With "Alien" Jaws
Much like the fearsome star of the Alien movies, moray eels have a second set of toothed jaws that drag prey into their throats, a new study has found.In a series of experiments, scientists at the...
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New 7 Wonders vs. Ancient 7 Wonders - portrait
July 9, 2007鈥擳he 105-foot-tall (38-meter-tall) "Christ the Redeemer" statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was among the "new seven wonders of the world" announced July 7 following a global poll to...
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Geography: The lost world
More than 3,000 young adults in nine countries were tested on their geographical knowledge - with some alarming results.Despite a deluge of news about the prospect of a war against Saddam Hussein,...
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Swimming in chlorine byproducts
When athletes at this year's U.S. national swimming championships found themselves gasping for breath while competing at the indoor pool at Indianapolis University, event organizers said the culprit...
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Eco-farming 'helps world's poor'
Scientists found that techniques such as crop rotation and organic farming increased crop yields by an average of 79%, without risking future harvests.The study, possibly the largest of its kind,...
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Mountain pine beetle: Canada's new government delivers
鈥淏ritish Columbians know how wildfire can devastate communities, and there鈥檚 no question the beetle has added fuel for potential fires. Dead and dying trees pose other risks as well,鈥 said M.Harris...
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Mattel Recalls 800,000 Lead-Tainted Toys
The latest action, which involved about 800,000 toys and which was announced late Tuesday, is yet another blow to Mattel. The news, along with other recent recalls of tainted Chinese toys from other...
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Industry in the bedroom, productivity in the mills
A Farewell to Alms
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The ancient art of fighting dirty
Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550
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Poignant echoes of the near and the far
The Wild Places - Wild
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Repression kick-starts a career in radical violence
What Makes a Terrorist
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an author more lauded for his ground-breaking television work: "A minute away from disaster, as he was...