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Extraterrestrial |
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Is there fish-size life on Europa ? Posted on Friday, 20 November, 2009| 5:16 | Comments: 9 For years astrobiologists have speculated over the possibility that life could exist right now under the frozen crust of Jupiter's moon Europa, if this is the case how evolved could this life be - could there be "fish" living there ?...
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Ghosts and Hauntings |
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Sting claims he once confronted a ghost Posted on Friday, 20 November, 2009| 5:14 | Comments: 19 Singer Sting has claimed to have once confronted a ghost in his room in the middle of the night. He had awoken at 3 am to witness a figure standing with a child in the corner, his wife had also witnessed it....
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Science and Technology |
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The future of evolution Posted on Thursday, 19 November, 2009| 5:38 | Comments: 7 Humans are still evolving but what will this mean for us in the distant future ? With progress in the field of genetic engineering will we even have the chance to evolve much further or will science and technology take over ?...
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Science and Technology |
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Could a robot really love a human? Posted on Thursday, 19 November, 2009| 5:34 | Comments: 35 As an age where the idea of human-like robots is slowly but surely moving from science fiction to science fact society will face new dilemmas including whether or not a human being can have a relationship with a machine....
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Palaeontology |
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"Hobbit" fossil debates continues Posted on Thursday, 19 November, 2009| 5:31 | Comments: 2 New research relating to the ongoing debate over the "hobbit" skeleton Homo floresiensis has concluded that the skull and bones are outside the normal size range for modern humans and that therefore it is a genuine new species....
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Columnist: Lura Ketchledge |
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Help me find my murderer in my past life Posted on Wednesday, 18 November, 2009| 4:58 | Comments: 11 Lura Ketchledge: This isn’t fiction, this isn’t someone else’s story, this is my story. There is a puzzle that needs to be solved in my present life, a link to the person who was me before I was me. To piece my past life together and find who murdered me I need your help. I invite you as a reader to roll up your sleeves get on your computer and search with me. I want you to go through obituaries, archives, court records and news paper articles to find my killer. This article is the first in series of articles about my murder!
These are the facts: my n...
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Palaeontology |
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New type of flying reptile discovered Posted on Wednesday, 18 November, 2009| 4:53 | Comments: 5 A controversial type of evolution has been evidenced in the discovery of a new type of flying reptile that fills a gap in the fossil record seperating long-tailed and short-tailed pterosaurs between 220-65 million years ago....
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Natural World |
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Tiny insect brains can solve big problems Posted on Wednesday, 18 November, 2009| 4:49 | Comments: 8 Studies have shown that despite having tiny brains the size of a pinhead insects possess several impressive mental capabilities from the ability to count and categorize objects to the ability to recognize human faces....
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Modern Mysteries |
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Is doomsday coming ? Posted on Wednesday, 18 November, 2009| 4:46 | Comments: 13 With the release of Roland Emmerich's "2012" the topic of doomsday or the end of the world is on many people's minds. How likely is it that the world will end in some apocalyptic disaster and if not in 2012 then when ?...
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Science and Technology |
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Human evolution: the shrinking brain Posted on Tuesday, 17 November, 2009| 7:00 | Comments: 22 It is a common minsconception that humans have stopped evolving in recent times, one example of this is the fact that our brains have actually been shrinking over the last 5000 years.
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