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Nobel Peace Prize
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European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize despite year of anti-austerity protests Despite a year marred by violent protests against austerity and the looming prospect of an acrimonious break up, the European Union was controversially awarded the Nobel peace prize for fostering stability and unity...
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Forth Road Bridge
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The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge, opened in 1964, spans the Firth of Forth, connecting the capital city Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. The bridge replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, c...
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Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro celebrates 450th birthday with huge cake Read more
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RV Sikuliaq
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Arctic research vessel Sikuliaq prepares for final trials A new National Science Foundation research vessel is visiting its home port before departing next month for trials in Bering Sea ice. The 261-foot Sikuliaq arrived Monday in Seward and is scheduled for tours March 6-8. Read more
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Kew Gardens
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Kew Gardens unveils science strategy Kew Gardens has announced a new science strategy, outlining where it will focus its research in the coming years. Plans include digitising its extensive plant and fungi collections, an annual health check of the world's flora, and hosting an MSc course in taxo...
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Batavia
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Australia dig unearths Batavia mutiny skeleton The skeleton of a victim from one of Australia's most famous shipwrecks has been unearthed by archaeologists. The remains on Beacon Island, off Western Australia, date from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship the Batavia in 1629. Read more
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Battle of Bolimov
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The Battle of Bolimov was an inconclusive battle of World War I fought on January 31, 1915 between Germany and Russia. The Battle of Bolimów was the first attempt by the Germans at a large-scale use of poison gas; the eighteen thousand gas shells they fired proved unsuccessful when the xylyl bromide...
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Ebola
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Growing concerns over 'in the air' transmission of Ebola Canadian scientists have shown that the deadliest form of the ebola virus could be transmitted by air between species. In experiments, they demonstrated that the virus was transmitted from pigs to monkeys without any direct contact betwee...
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SS Great Britain
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SS Great Britain was an advanced passenger steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. Read more SS Great Britain
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Ghosts
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'Ghostly presence' created in lab Feelings of a ghostly presence - the sense that someone is close-by when no-one is there - lie in the mind, a study has concluded. Scientists say that they have identified the parts of the brain that are responsible for generating these spooky sensations. Read more
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Amphipolis
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Greece archaeologists uncover Amphipolis floor mosaic Archaeologists unearthing a huge ancient burial site at Amphipolis in northern Greece have uncovered a large floor mosaic. The mosaic - 3m wide and 4.5m long - depicts a man with a laurel wreath driving a chariot drawn by horses and led by the go...
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Vajont Dam tragedy
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On 9 October 1963, engineers observed trees falling and rocks rolling down into the lake where the predicted landslide would take place. Prior to this, the alarming rate of movement of the landslide had not slowed as a result of lowering the water, although the water had been lowered to what SADE beli...
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La Santa María
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Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria wreck 'found' A US underwater investigator has said he believes he has found the wreck of the Santa Maria, the flagship of Christopher Columbus's famed expedition. Barry Clifford said evidence "strongly suggests" a ruin off Haiti's north coast is t...
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Paisley Five Mile Point Cave
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Cave containing earliest human DNA dubbed historic A cave in Oregon's high desert where archaeologists have found the earliest DNA evidence of human habitation in North America has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Paisley Five Mile Point Caves are part of a lava formatio...
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Jack the Ripper
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UK Ex-policeman John Ross now running 'the black museum' in London has stated that an Polish Jewish emigrant named Aaron Kosminsky was in fact Jack the Ripper.
There is little information about the man. However, John Ross insists that facts the police obtained while inspecting crime scenes indi...
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