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New fossil moves mankind back 1m years
10-2-2009 |
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New light has been shed on the link between chimps and humans with the discovery of Ardi, our oldest known ancestor - a ...
Record-breaking storm on Saturn
9-21-2009 | 1
A vast storm that started on Saturn back in January has now become the Solar System's longest observed lightning storm. ...
Giant man-eating eagle actually existed
9-17-2009 | 16
The giant man-eating "Haast's Eagle" of New Zealand really did exist according to new research, it would have weighed up...
How life survives an asteroid impact
9-13-2009 | 10
When an extinction asteroid collides with the Earth it can create a winter of endless darkness, but scientists have disc...
Secret US SHC beam tested
9-4-2009 | 8
Boeing has announced an in-flight test firing of its new aeroplane mounted raygun-cannon protype, the Advanced Tactical ...
Upwards lightning caught on film
8-25-2009 | 7
Scientists have succeeded in photographing the rare phenomenon of "upwards lightning", also known as "gigantic jets" the...
Mega black hole twice as big as thought
8-23-2009 | 6
It sits at the centre of the M87 galaxy and weighs the same as 6.4 billion suns, this supermassive black hole situated o...
Lost in space: send texts to ET
8-14-2009 | 23
A website in Australia is offering users the chance to send text messages to a distant extrasolar planet over 20 light y...
Pterodactyl fossil reveals complex flight
8-10-2009 | 5
Studies of a pterodactyl fossil have shown that the creature had complex wing fibers that would have enabled it to fly w...
The universe's furthest object ever
8-8-2009 | 43
Astronomers from around the world have collaborated to observe the furthest object ever seen in the universe. The object...
Humans glow in visible light
7-26-2009 | 16
Japanese scientists have used incredibly sensitive cameras to capture the extremely faint glow being given off by a numb...
Almost extinct tortoise mates aged 90
7-23-2009 | 7
One of the last remaining Galapagos giant tortoises left in the world has delighted conservationalists when a number of ...
Apollo 11 astronauts call for mission to Mars
7-20-2009 | 17
40 years on from the first historic mission to the Moon the Apollo 11 astronauts have made a rare joint appearance in an...
Lightning may have fed early life
7-19-2009 | 3
New research has revealed that lightning strikes release rare forms of phosphorus in the soil that could have been an im...
New quantum teleportation scheme proposed
7-18-2009 | 0
Up until now quantum teleportation has mainly involved the transfer of the quantum state from one particle to another, b...
Swearing can reduce the feeling of pain
7-13-2009 | 44
Swearing can help reduce the feeling of physical pain scientists have found, it is thought this could have been part of ...
New class of black hole discovered
7-6-2009 | 6
Astrophysicists have discovered what is believed to be a medium-sized black hole over 290 million light years away. The ...
Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights
6-30-2009 | 11
One of the most enduring aerial phenomena of recent times is the mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights or North Carolina....
'Mile-wide UFO' spotted by pilot
6-28-2009 | 79
In an incident involving one of the largest ever UFOs to be sighted an Airline pilot reported seeing a "mile-wide" objec...
Robot with human emotions unveiled
6-24-2009 | 16
A humanoid robot called "Kobian" capable of expressing seven different human emotions has been unveiled at Waseda Univer...
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