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Bronze Age boat
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Bronze Age pottery sherd from Isles of Scilly could be earliest British depiction of a boat More than most archaeological periods from pre-history, Britain's Bronze Age is constantly being re-assessed as archaeologists and historians find new evidence of its richness and complexity. Now the bo...
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St Kilda
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On 29 August 1930, the remaining 36 inhabitants of St Kilda were removed to Morvern on the Scottish mainland at their own request. Read more
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Saltire Prize
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Renewable firms competing for £10m Saltire Prize to be named The renewable energy companies competing for the £10m Saltire Prize will be announced by the Scottish government later. The announcement will be made in Orkney, where members of the Scottish Cabinet will meet on Wednesday. [url=http:/...
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Insects in amber
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Mating mites trapped in amber reveal sex role reversal In the mating game, some female mites are mightier than their mates, new research at the University of Michigan and the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests. The evidence comes, in part, from 40 million-year-old mating mites preserved in Balt...
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Founding of St. Augustine
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St. Augustine (Spanish: San Agustín) is a city in the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Florida, and the county seat of St. Johns County. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sighted land on August 28, 1565. As this was the feast day of Augustine of Hippo, the territory was named San Agustín. Read more
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"I Have a Dream"
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"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. Read more
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Inversand fossil site
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Mantua Dig Day provides residents with a bird's-eye view of site where dinosaurs once roamed Drexel professor Dr. Ken Lacavera said farmers can be credited with some of the fossil discoveries at the site. Marl, a green lime-rich mud, covers the floor of the giant pit. When farmers realised that marl...
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Open Journal of Astrophysics
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A Modest Proposal - The Open Journal of Astrophysics Astrophysics has taken the lead for many years in opening up access to scientific publications - all publications of any merit are available for free on the internet via the arXiv and, in my opinion, the traditional journals are already more-or-l...
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55BC Roman invasion
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Julius Caesar at the head of two legions (Legio VII and Legio X) invaded Great Britain in 55BC. Read more See also: A revised date of 22-23 August, 55BC
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Triglav
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Triglav is with its elevation of 2,864 metres the highest mountain in Slovenia and the highest peak of the Julian Alps. While its name, meaning "three-headed", can describe its shape as seen from the Bohinj area, the mountain was most probably named after the Slavic god Triglav. The fir...
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Legio VII
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Legio septima Claudia Pia Fidelis (Seventh Claudian Legion) was a Roman legion. Its emblem, like that of all Caesar's legions, was the bull, together with the lion. The Seventh, the Sixth, the Eighth and the Ninth were all founded by Pompey in Spain in 65 BC. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le...
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Legio X Equestris
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Legio X Equestris (Latin: "Tenth legion 'mounted'" - Equestris), a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. Read more
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The Great Moon Hoax
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"The Great Moon Hoax" refers to a series of six articles that were published in the New York Sun beginning on August 25, 1835, about the supposed discovery of life and even civilization on the Moon. Read more
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Indo-European languages
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English language 'originated in Turkey' Modern Indo-European languages - which include English - originated in Turkey about 9,000 years ago, researchers say. Their findings differ from conventional theory that these languages originated 5,000 years ago in south-west Russia. [url=http://w...
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In the wake of yesterdays tsunami in the Solomon Islands, National Geographic News looks at how the killer waves are caused, what the warning signs are, and how to respo...
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