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An eleven year old Dunedin girl has come up with a unique weapon for an age old problem. Every year, thousands of parents battle to rid their children of head lice. Some even applying dangerous chemicals and animal flea treatments. But the answer could simply be to "fry" the lice - with a sim...
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Kepler wris****chs
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There is a story going around the net about Kepler $100k wris****chs. Ulysse Nardin's Tellurium J. Kepler watch that A revolutionary timepiece that rotates the Earth in its true geographical shape seen from above the North Pole. Only 99 of the watches were made and they are priced at more than $100,0...
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Fooled by cloud
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Meteorite strike off coast of Georgia 14 Aug 07 I happened to see this while watching the GOES loop. Read more
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The Independence of India and Pakistan
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Giant lego man
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A mysterious giant lego man was washed ashore at Zandvoort, The Netherlands. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=i5ezlcanXaY]
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Four
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Haikou City will no longer use the number four in auto plates because in Chinese it is pronounced like death, police announced today. Police in the Hainan provincial capital said people regard the number as a bad omen, so existing plates containing "4" will be scrapped and new plates won'...
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National anthems
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Nepals new national anthem Nepal launched a new national anthem on Friday, replacing the previous song that praised the Himalayan nations highly unpopular monarch. The new anthem was made public by Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang. The song, which includes the lyrics, We Nepali are a garland ma...
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End of iron age
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Student creates crease-resistant shirt An undergraduate student from Leeds University has developed a revolutionary new fabric that is crease- and stain-resistant. Read more
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Harry Potter
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Japan rolled out the red carpet Thursday for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the fifth movie from J.K. Rowling's megahit fantasy series. Hundreds of young Japanese fans, many wearing witch costumes and holding magic wands, screamed when Daniel Radcli...
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Dowsing
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A dowser is using his divine powers to pinpoint the exact whereabouts of forgotten Lake District stone circles. Surveyor Paul Daw came to Cumbria with his divining rods and visited various Lake District locations at the end of April in search of the buried Neolithic sites. Using a Y-shaped twig or tw...
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Cultures
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People from Western cultures such as the United States are particularly challenged in their ability to understand someone elses point of view because they are part of a culture that encourages individualism, new research at the University of Chicago shows. In contrast, Chinese, who live in a soci...
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The Stone-age whalers
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With no motors or harpoons, brave villagers use their ancient skills to bring home 75ft monster of the deep It's a way of life that has gone on unchanged for hundreds of years. In a throwback to the Stone Age, there are no explosive harpoons or even nails in the wooden boats. And you can forget outboard mo...
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Nuclear powered Ship
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USS Nimitz For earlier generations of Indians, the idea of a US aircraft carrier is the idea of the enemy. Think of 1971, the USS enterprise sent in to the Bay of Bengal to deliver a warning to the Indian government as it was close to winning the 1971 war with Pakistan. However, this time when the Nimitz an...
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Low-Pressure System
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Intense Low-Pressure System Crossing New Zealand MetService meteorologists have issued a heavy rain warning for Bay of Plenty and northern Gisborne. "An intense low-pressure system is expected to cross central New Zealand on Thursday. It is likely to bring wind and rain and snow" - ...
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NASA DVD recordings
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Senior members of Congress from both parties have asked Attorney General Roberto Gonzales to investigate NASA General Counsel Michael Wholley and possibly prosecute him for obstruction of justice for destroying DVD recordings of an agency meeting. The incident is part of a continuing flap abou...
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