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Spacecraft strikes Moon with intense flash
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The planned impact ends the mission of Europe's SMART-1 probe - scientists hope to analyse the chemistry of the rock ejected by the crash
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How Google Earth Is Changing ScienceBonn, Germany - Biologists, epidemiologists and disaster control experts are discovering Google Earth as a powerful tool in their work. |
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Nations agree to open up German Nazi archiveBerlin - A German archive containing millions of documents detailing Nazi crimes during World War Two will be opened to historians and Holocaust scholars for the first time, officials said on Wednesday. |
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2-Year Neanderthal Genome Project LaunchesBerlin - U.S. and German scientists on Thursday launched a two-year project to decipher the genetic code of the Neanderthal, a feat they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans' brains evolved. |
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Heart hope for ‘couch potatoes’Heidelberg, Germany - Couch potatoes who start exercising in later life can reduce their chances of developing heart disease, according to research. |
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Mammoths May Have Had Various Hair ColorsLeipzig, Germany - Mammoths may have come in various hair colors, perhaps even red and blond, new research indicates. |
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VW makes ‘Herbie the Love Bug’ ride again…for realWolfsburg, Germany - German car giant Volkswagen has turned fiction into reality by unveiling a fully automatic car which really can drive itself - and at speeds of up to 150mph. |
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Environment is a winner at 2006 World Cup, UN agency saysGermany - A pioneering initiative to make the 2006 FIFA World Cup not only entertaining but environmentally-friendly is has already emerged as a winner, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. |
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Chocolate as SunscreenDusseldorf Germany - As if you needed another reason to eat chocolate, German researchers have shown that ingesting types rich in cocoa solids and flavonoidsdark chocolateחcan fight skin cancer. |
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Dwarf Dinosaurs Discovered in GermanyGermany - Meet the smallest of the biggest. Compared to other sauropods-long-necked, small-headed, plant-eaters-a newfound dinosaur species is downright tiny. |
news from Europe
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- Renowned Swedish retailer donates proceeds from toy sales to UNICEF projects
- Archaeologists Unearth Gold Coins in Jerusalem
- London’s red buses to go green in 2011
- Meet the Magical White Christmas Robin
- Italy’s poor to eat contraband caviar on Christmas
- 4,000-year-old Amber Necklace Has Been Unearthed In England
- Malaria vaccine trials show promise
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Climate bill ‘could lead world’
