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Towns in Ethiopia
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The discovery of three old Muslim towns in Ethiopia has put a question mark on the history of a nation which prides itself on its overwhelmingly Christian heritage dating back to Biblical times. The first known civilisation in Ethiopia was that of the mighty Aksumite kingdom which was established i...
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Liquid camera lens
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The first liquid camera lens with no moving parts, and that can switch between two levels of magnification, has been designed by a German research team. The work is an important step towards liquid zoom lenses that can sweep through a range of magnifications. [url=http://www.newscientisttech.c...
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The Baigong Pipes
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The Baigong Pipes are a series of pipe-like features found on and near Mount Baigong about 40 km southeast of the city of Delingha, in the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan region. These pipe-like features are cited by various web pages as an example of an out of place artefact, and have been put forward as a poss...
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Immortality
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According to transhumanist Michael Anissimov, theres an even chance that were looking at immortality or existential destruction in the next 20-40 years. Anissimov is only 23-years-old but hes already become an important figure in the transhumanist movement. While still in high school, he beca...
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Buy Or Sell Online
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Boso is a place that students can buy or sell stuff online. Simple as that really. Oxford University undergraduates have set up the first online market just for students. BOSO (Buy Or Sell Online), www.boso.com, is an eBay-style website for Oxford students to t...
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Gunman In JSC Building
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A man with a handgun fired shots and barricaded himself inside a building at the Johnson Space Center Friday afternoon, forcing an evacuation. Read more
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Stone eggs
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A large number of "stone eggs" were recently discovered along with a copper sword at a construction site in Bandeng Hill and Zhanlong Hill, Gongxi Town of Hunan Province. The discoveries were made by highway construction workers while they were digging the foundation for a road. The ori...
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Interesting writing style
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Tricks with memory Has anyone ever actually USED hot swap memory - or at least the hot swap part of the memory? Read more Blogger Travaglia, Simon. Carbon-based lifeform with more chainsaws than computers (...
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The Hindu system of time
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The Hindu system of time reckoning divides a kalpa of 4.32 billion years into 14 manvantaras and hence one manvantara becomes 30,84,48,000 years or 308.448 million years. Hindu tradition also says that we are now passing through the Svetavaraha Kalpa and after the beginning of this Svetavaraha Ka...
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Slaveship Zong
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On 29 March 2007 The Zong, a replica 18th century wooden square rigger will be accompanied up the Thames by Royal Navy Frigate HMS Northumberland on its pre-scheduled trip from Greenwich, through Tower Bridge to dock at Tower Pier.
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Star Wars Stamps
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Mendenhall Observatory
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A robotic telescope with a 24-inch diameter main mirror and Ritchey-Chrtien optics was built for OSU by Optical Guidance Systems, Inc., and installed the week of February 915, 2007. It is the largest, most modern telescope in Oklahoma. It was funded by a $231,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Sc...
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London Development Agency
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A satellite handling mobile phone calls in London has been backed by the London Development Agency (LDA). The technology will reduce the need for unpopular masts and could also be used to track motorists, the LDA said. The agency voted to provide £12m in grants to London-based communications firm I...
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Phytophthora infestans
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Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered that the fungus-like pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine originally came from the Andes of South America. By comparing the sequences of both the nuclear and the cellular powerhouse, mitochondria, of nearly 100 pathog...
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Joyce Hatto
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Gramophone magazine has unearthed what one sound recording expert describes as "the biggest attempt at recording theft ever." Thanks to the internet, the formerly obscure British classical pianist Joyce Hatto had become a critical favourite shortly before her death last year. The p...
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