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Plants 'can think and remember'
7-15-2010 |
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Researchers believe that plants are capable of remembering and reacting to information contained in light.
Troops to wear blast-proof underpants
6-29-2010 | 9
British troops in Afghanistan may soon be issued with blast-proof underpants to prevent unfortunate injuries.
Easter Island statue transport mystery deepens
5-15-2010 | 18
The method believed to be used by the inhabitants of Easter Island to move their statues has been called in to question.
World's first set of male twin elephants born
3-23-2010 | 6
A set of extremely rare twin male elephants have been born in Thailand, both are alive and well.
SETI founder wants off-world listening post
2-21-2010 | 5
Frank Drake has expressed an interest in sending out a spacecraft to listen for alien signals where they'd be easier to pick up.
Man smuggles 44 lizards in his underpants
1-27-2010 | 10
A man from Germany has been jailed after attempting to smuggle a number of reptiles out of New Zealand in his underwear.
Diamond oceans may be possible on gas giants
1-18-2010 | 18
New research has suggested that there could be liquid diamond oceans with solid diamond icebergs floating in Uranus or Neptune.
Lost giants of Australia rediscovered
1-4-2010 | 18
Palaeontologists are working round the clock to uncover lost secrets of Australia's largest ever carnivores in a network of caves.
Intel wants brain implants by 2020
11-26-2009 | 25
Putting new meaning to the slogan "Intel Inside", Intel researchers are planning to develop brain implants that can be u...
The search for Genghis Khan
11-17-2009 | 5
Legend has it that when Genghis Khan died in 1227 his lieutenants went to great lengths to keep his death a secret inclu...
Conversation bugged cyborg beetles
10-20-2009 | 3
New research funded by the US military has succeeded in creating a cyborg beetle, using implants and controlled by lapto...
Elephants could be extinct in 15 years
10-19-2009 | 21
Conservation experts have warned that African elephants could be extinct within 15 years due to the illegal ivory trade,...
'Veggie' spider shuns meat diet
10-13-2009 | 4
A remarkable type of spider has been found in Central America that feeds almost exclusively on plants, it is the first i...
Hovis bakes 3,300lb bread and butter pudding
10-4-2009 | 2
Hovis have entered the record books by baking a bread and butter pudding so large that it weighs more than two baby elep...
Father shares home with 4,600 scorpions
9-7-2009 | 11
A man in Thailand has adapted his home with tree branches and stones and shares it with not only his family but also 4,6...
We're all mutants, say scientists
9-6-2009 | 12
New research has shown that we are all in fact mutants with at least 100 new mutations in the DNA of each of us, a find ...
Downfall of the neanderthals
8-6-2009 | 0
Paleoanthropologists are still working to solve one of the biggest mysteries of our past, what exactly happened to the n...
Cave system found on Easter Island
7-16-2009 | 18
A six-kilometer long cave system has been discovered on Easter Island which is believed to have been used by the island'...
Ant mega-colony takes over world
7-3-2009 | 29
A single colony of ants has colonised most of the planet according to scientists. The mega-colony of Argentine ants exte...
World's first ever 'self-watering' plant
7-3-2009 | 6
A plant has been discovered in Israel's Negev desert that has the unique trait of being able to water itself. The Desert...
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