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Heard Island sits in the far southern Indian Ocean two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica, and is closer to Antarctica than any other major landmass. At the centre of the ice-covered island are the Big Ben massif, a large section of the Earth’s crust that has been pushed up into a dense, ro...
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A spider relative called a harvestman trapped in amber could shed light on how arachnids were affected by the extinction that wiped out dinosaurs.
The 100 million-year-old arachnid, which looks like it might have died last year, wandered though a dinosaur-dominated world.
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Snowball Earth
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Geologists have been gathering evidence indicating that Earth has gone into a deep freeze on several occasions, with ice covering even the equator and with potentially devastating consequences for life.
The theory, known as "Snowball Earth," has been lacking a good explanation for wh...
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Next Ice Age
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The earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age, according to a large and compelling body of evidence from within the field of climate science. Many sources of data which provide our knowledge base of long-term climate change indicate that the warm, twelve thousand year-long Holocene peri...
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Princess Elizabeth Land
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'Gigantic chasm under Antarctic ice' A vast, previously unrecognised canyon system could be hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet. Hints of its presence are seen in the shape of the white continent's surface, in a largely unexplored region called Princess Elizabeth Land. If confirmed by a proper g...
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Prehistoric Animals
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A prehistoric giraffe discovered in eastern Macedonia earlier this summer is the first to be found in Europe, according to palaeontologists. The ancient animal was among several sets of fossil remains dating five to ten million years ago. Located outside the village of Stamer, near Delcovo, the f...
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North Korea test site, 2 km northwest of Chik-tong.
A nuclear test will possible be carried out underground at an old disused mine.
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Indian Quake
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A moderate magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred at 19:51:07 (UTC) on Thursday, September 03, 2009, in the Myanmar-Indian border region, 95 km ESE of Imphal, at a depth of 97.6 km. Location 24.318°N, 94.712°E
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Ascension Tracking Station
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Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
An ESA station was built there in 1991, as the NASA station providing support to Ariane launches was about to be closed.
The United States maintains a GPS monitor station and missile tracking sites on the island.
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Richard Garriott
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NCsoft, South Korea's largest game company by revenue, said its American game director Richard Garriott will fly to the International Space Station in the fall of 2008, only a few months after Ko San takes the exactly same flight to become the nation's first astronaut. [url=http://www.koreatime...
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Most of Kathmandu's 50 hospitals are poorly built and would collapse if there were a major earthquake, experts warn. They also note that health institutions lack emergency response plans and are generally ill-prepared. Kathmandu valley lies in a high risk earthquake zone; poorly constructed bu...
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Fossil Whale
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Palaeontologists have discovered a bizarre whale fossil in Australia with a set of fearsome teeth.
The specimen has surprised scientists because it belongs to the group known as baleen whales.
Modern day baleen whales are all placid, plankton eaters, but the new fossil shows the group were...
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Indian Ocean borehole
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Bid to drill deep inside Earth Scientists will set out this week to drill a hole into the Indian Ocean floor to try to get below the Earth's crust for the first time. They want to sample rock from the planet's mantle - its deep interior. In the process, the researchers hope to check their assumptions abou...
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Peru Quake
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A major magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred at 01:55:34 (UTC) on Monday, September 26, 2005 located in Northern Peru, about 75 km NorthEast of Moyobamba. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 85 km.
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The Andes
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The Andes were formed 120 million years ago; but in geological terms, this giant of South America is more like a teenager going through growth problems. A new study by a group of Argentine researchers suggests that the largest mountain chain on the American continent is not as quiet as it seems. Accor...
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