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Science can't improve on bat's bizarre nose
8-24-2009 |
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Scientists have been conducting a new study in an attempt to understand how the noses of horseshoe bats operate in produ...
'Hypnotist' thief hunted in Italy
8-14-2009 | 28
Police in Italy are hunting an unusual thief who is characterised by hypnotising supermarket checkout staff in to handin...
Giant 'meat-eating' plant found
8-13-2009 | 16
Botanists have discovered a new species of giant carnivorous plant in the Philippines. The plant is so large that it is ...
Two worlds collide in deep space
8-12-2009 |
Astronomers have observed two distant planets that collided thousands of years ago in what would have been a catastrophi...
Dolphins 'talk' to each other with tail slaps
8-5-2009 | 11
Scientists have found that dolphins are able to communicate with one another through the slapping of their tails in what...
Seeking the lost tomb of Genghis Khan
7-31-2009 | 4
A group of researchers with funding from National Geographic and armed with a plethora of technology and gadgets are und...
Is Pluto a planet after all ?
7-30-2009 | 29
State governors in Illinois have declared that Pluto has been unfairly demoted to the category of 'dwarf planet', a sent...
"Transparent aluminium" created
7-29-2009 | 23
Scientists have succeeded in creating a transparent form of aluminium through the use of the world's most powerful soft ...
Mystery altar found at Roman fort
7-28-2009 | 7
A huge ornately carved stone altar has been unearthed during excavations at a Roman fort in England. The relic weighs in...
Big cat fears as horse is attacked
7-22-2009 | 28
Fears have been raised in Scotland after a horse was mauled by a puma a short distance from a holiday park on Friday. Fa...
Easter Island compound extends life
7-14-2009 | 9
A compound first discovered in the soil of Easter Island called "rapamycin" has shown promising results when administere...
Cats 'exploit' humans by purring
7-14-2009 | 50
Researchers have determined that cats exploit a natural human bias by producing a purring sound that incorporates a simi...
Did Da Vinci fake the Turin Shroud ?
7-5-2009 | 23
A new study has claimed that Leonardo Da Vinci could have fabricated the Turin Shroud, the technique used to match Da Vi...
Hopes rise for liquid water on Enceladus
6-27-2009 | 4
Astronomers studying plumes of gas and dust shooting off Saturn's moon Enceladus believe they have found strong hints of...
The weirdest object in the solar system ?
6-25-2009 | 12
Astronomers have found what they believe to be the weirdest object in our solar system, a dwarf planet located in the Ku...
Evidence for shorelines on Mars
6-19-2009 | 5
Definitive evidence has been found of shorelines on Mars. Scientists at the University of Colorado-Boulder have found in...
Are dogs smarter than cats ?
6-18-2009 | 101
A new study in which a number of cats were tested by attaching food to pieces of string and observing the cats to see if...
Hunt begins for leader of Terracotta army
6-16-2009 | 1
Chinese archaeologists have started an excavation at the site of the famous Terracotta warriors in an effort to locate i...
Nearby star may have gone supernova
6-12-2009 | 44
Nearby star Betelgeuse has been noticably shrinking over the past decade indicating that it may by now have gone superno...
2,000-year-old gladiator helmet discovered
6-5-2009 | 9
A gladiator helmet dating back 2000 years that was discovered in the ruins of Pompeii has been revealed as part of an ex...
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