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Scientists studying hydrothermal vents, those underwater geysers that are home to bizarre geological structures and unique marine species, have discovered something all too familiar: pollution.
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The Frank Slide
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The Frank Slide is a natural landslide feature in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, and a significant historical event in western Canada. On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., 90 million tonnes (30 million cubic metres) of limestone crashed from the east face of Turtle Mountain and covered approx...
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Donner Party
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Ocean Oil 981 oil rig
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Ocean Oil 981 completes deepest sea drilling A Chinese deep sea oil rig has completed its first overseas drilling. The operation began in February and lasted 58 days, setting a new record for Chinese deep sea drilling both in distance and time. Read more
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Great Wall of China
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The Great Wall of China is even greater than previously thought, according to the first detailed survey to establish the length of the ancient barricade. A two-year government mapping study found that the wall spans 8,850km - until now, the length was commonly put at about 5,000km. [url=http://n...
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Acheulian tools
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Ancient humans fashioned hand axes, cleavers and picks much earlier than believed, but didn't take the stone tools along when they left Africa, new research suggests. A team from the United States and France made the findings after travelling to an archaeological site along the northwest shoreli...
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Fritchley Tunnel
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'World's oldest railway tunnel' awarded protected status What is believed to be the world's oldest railway tunnel - dating from 1793 - has been given protected status. Fritchley Tunnel was built as part of the Butterley Gangroad, a horse-operated railway linking the Cromford Canal with quarries...
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World Register of Marine Species
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WoRMS catalogue downsizes ocean life A mammoth effort to catalogue all known ocean life is nearly complete. It has taken taxonomic experts eight years to pull together all existing databases and compile one super-definitive list, known as the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Read more
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Alvin (DSV-2)
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Alvin (DSV-2) is a manned deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Named to honour the prime mover and creative inspiration for the vehicle, Allyn Vine, Alvin was commissioned o...
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European civilisation
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Europe's oldest known civilisation has been discovered by archaeologists across the continent, The Independent newspaper in London said on Saturday.
More than 150 large temples, constructed between 4800BC and 4600BC, have been unearthed in fields and cities in Germany, Austria and Slova...
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Emperor penguins
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Scientists have located 38 emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica by using satellites to look for stains from the animals' droppings. It is impossible to track the penguins themselves using standard satellite imaging because they are too small. However, penguins cluster for up to eight months o...
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Doomsday vault
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The final design for a "doomsday" vault that will house seeds from all known varieties of food crops has been unveiled by the Norwegian government.
The Svalbard International Seed Vault will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole.
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Ichthyosaur
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Canadian scientists named a new species of ancient marine reptile "Ping Pong Ichthyosaur" for the spot where the prehistoric fossil was stored for 25 years.
"It was pretty amazing to realize this valuable discovery had sat under a Ping Pong table for 25 years. But I suppose that after 100 mil...
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Penguins
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Penguins lost ability to taste fish Penguins can taste only sour and salty food, scientists have discovered. A genetic study suggests the flightless birds lost three of the five basic tastes long ago in evolution. Read more
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Amazonia
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Drone to scan for ancient Amazonia Scientists are to scan the Amazon forest in Brazil to look for evidence of occupation by ancient civilisations. A drone will be sent up with a laser instrument to peer through the canopy for earthworks that were constructed thousands of years ago. Read more
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