Friday 28 August 2009

Wingle

She was missing for 18 years.




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Friday 21 August 2009

Glowing 'bomber worms' discovered

Five of the species release the glowing bombs, which probably serve to distract predators while the worm escapes. The team has named the first of these species Swima bombiviridis.

"They usually have about eight of the bombs, and they drop one or two at a time," explained Dr Osborn.

Because of the tiny size of the bombs - approximately 1-2mm in diameter - and the bright lights used by the submersible vehicles, the team was unable to capture this bombing on film in the deep ocean.

"So we bring the animals up to study them," Dr Osborn said. "If you transfer the animal into a small tank, and harass it a little bit with forceps - kind of bump it anywhere on the body - it will release one of these bombs.

"As soon as [the bomb] is released it starts glowing green and the animal swims away."




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Tuesday 11 August 2009

Palestinian football returns home

Football has a history of finding its way past conflict.




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Thursday 6 August 2009

Twitter CEO: London is top Twitter city

@Ev changed my life. Invented Blogger, Twitter. Nuff said.




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Wednesday 5 August 2009

Baboons Dress for Lunch at Knowsley Safari Park

Safari Park general manager David Ross said: "When the first luggage box was broken into we didn't really take an awful lot of notice - we just thought it was a one-off incident with a faulty box or lock.

"However, when the problem kept happening, it quickly became clear that the baboons had acquired an unfortunate new skill."




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Sunday 2 August 2009

Palestinians in kite record bid

The previous record was set in Germany last year - when the Guinness Book of World Records says 967 kites took to the sky simultaneously. UNRWA says the Gaza children smashed the existing record, and a final tally of the number of kites flown will be released on Saturday.




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