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Mars site may hold buried lifeResearchers have identified rocks that they say could contain the fossilised remains of life on early Mars. |
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Paralyzed may soon steer wheelchair with just a sniffA device that detects the subtle movements needed to sniff air through the nose or mouth can steer a wheelchair or allow completely paralyzed people to type messages, Israeli researchers reported Monday. |
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700 new planets discovered by NASANASA's deep-space Kepler probe has found hundreds of new planets — many similar to earth — sparking new hope of life outside our solar system. |
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Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at StonehengeArchaeologists have discovered a second henge at Stonehenge, described as the most exciting find there in 50 years. |
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Pann-Starrs telescope begins operations to hunt asteroidsA new telescope facility in Hawaii designed to search for asteroids and comets which could threaten Earth has been made operational. |
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How lasers will light up the future of medicineby Philippa Roxby Health reporter, BBC News An eye More than 100,000 laser eye surgery procedures are performed every year A whole range of medical procedures rely on lasers, so much so that we don't even realise we're being treated using Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER). |
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Resurrected: woolly mammoth blood proteinFloating in a test tube in a lab in Winnipeg, Canada, is a tiny speck of woolly mammoth – a blood protein which may explain how the animals coped with the cold of an ice age. |
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Sony aims for zero footprintSony has become the largest multinational corporation to announce its intention to have a zero environmental footprint by 2050, including zero carbon emissions and the elimination of all non-renewable material from its products. |
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Government pledges cash for eco-driversThe Government has promised to slash 25% off the price of a low-carbon car up to a maximum of £5,000 as part of plans to reduce the UK's carbon footprint. |
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Typos may earn Google £320m a year"Typosquatting", where companies and individuals register a misspelled variant of a popular web domain, may be earning Google as much as $500 million (£320 million) annually, New Scientist reports. |
archeology
- Ultraviolet light reveals how Greek statues really looked
- Mysterious tunnel discovered under Mexican ruins
- Archaeologists unearth Neolithic henge at Stonehenge
- Huge dinosaur find in China ‘may include new species’
- One of the World’s Oldest Synagogues Uncovered Near the Sea of Galilee in Israel
- ‘Giraffe of the Mesozoic’ Dinosaur Unearthed in China
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