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Kill Devil Hill flight
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In a 65 km/h wind on October 24, 1911, Orville Wright soared above Kill Devil Hill for 9 minutes 45 seconds, breaking the brothers' previous record of 1 minute 12 seconds set in 1903 with the 1902 glider. The new record stood for ten years, until broken in Germany. Read more
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Emilie du Châtelet (1706-1749)
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As a girl, Emilie de Breteuil lived with her family overlooking the Tuileries gardens in Paris, in an apartment with 30 rooms and 17 servants. But although her brothers and sisters turned out as might be expected, Emilie was different, as her father wrote: "My youngest flaunts her mind, and frigh...
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Aztec calendar stone
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The Aztec calendar stone, Mexica sun stone, Stone of the Sun (Spanish: Piedra del Sol), or Stone of the Five Eras, is a large monolithic sculpture that was excavated in the Zócalo, Mexico City's main square, on December 17, 1790. It was discovered whilst Mexico City Cathedral was being repaired. The...
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Iron Age feast
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Iron Age feast found in England Remnants of an Iron-Age feast, including cattle skulls and 13 cauldrons, have been unearthed in Chiseldon, United Kingdom, according to a report in the latest British Archaeology The discovery marks the largest grouping of early cauldrons ever found in Europe. [ur...
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Goldsborough Mesolithic site
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Archaeologists discover possible Mesolithic site on North York Moors Archaeologists are investigating a possible Mesolithic site in the North York Moors National Park. Field work has been carried out at a number of sites across the north east fringes of the moors and attention is now focused on a s...
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Snapshot Serengeti
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Millions of camera-trap images reveal Serengeti life Scientists are using millions of images of Africa's elusive animals to find out how they co-exist in the Serengeti. Hundreds of camera traps were set up across Serengeti National Park in one of the world's largest camera surveys. The project, c...
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Boka Bartol
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Title: A prehistoric tsunami induced long-lasting ecosystem changes on a semi-arid tropical island - the case of Boka Bartol (Bonaire, Leeward Antilles) Authors: Max Engel, Helmut Brückner, Sascha Fürstenberg, Peter Frenzel, Anna Maria Konopczak, Anja Scheffers, Dieter Kelletat, Simon Mat...
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Pauline Avibella
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Pauline Avibella 425m-year-old fossil 'a new species' Fossils discovered of 425m-year-old tiny shrimp-like creatures are of a species new to science, say experts. Found in Herefordshire, the invertebrates were preserved by volcanic ash when the UK had a subtropical climate. The fossils show t...
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Transatlantic transmission
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On 12 December 1901, the first transatlantic wireless transmission was received at Signal Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, by Guglielmo Marconi in an abandoned fever and Diphtheria hospital, which has since been destroyed by fire. The transmission, in Morse code, originated from his P...
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Iron ore deposits
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Geologists have discovered an iron ore deposit estimated to be at least 1 billion tons in northeast China's Liaoning Province after more than two years of exploration, local authorities said on Thursday. The newly-found deposit, between 1,280 meters and 1,500 meters underground, is at the Pings...
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Battle of Sidi Barrani, 1940
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The Battle of Sidi Barrani was the first battle of Britains Operation Compass, the first major Allied operation of the Western Desert Campaign. Read more
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Petrified Forest National Park
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The Petrified Forest National Park is a United States national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. The park's headquarters are about 42 km east of Holbrook along Interstate 40 (I-40), which parallels a railroad line, the Puerco River, and historic U.S. Route 66, all crossi...
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Sheep Hill
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Historic hill at risk of being removed from landscape An entire hill, famed for its archeological heritage and geological significance, is to be removed from the Scottish skyline to make way for a quarry under plans being considered by West Dunbartonshire Council. Sheep Hill, in the Kilpatrick Hi...
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Magnetoception
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Pigeons may 'hear' magnetic fields Individual neurons in birds' brains can relay crucial information about Earth's magnetic field, possibly providing the animals with an 'internal GPS', according to research into magnetoreception. Pigeons' remarkable navigational feats have long been pe...
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PacX Wave Gliders
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Four robots have set a new distance world record, swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles (5,926km) across the Pacific Ocean. The drones are taking part in a project to gather data about the composition and quality of sea water. Built by US-firm Liquid Robotics, the PacX Wave Gliders are expected to...
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