Friday 19 November 2010

'Alien' planet detected circling dying star

The planet circles a sun which belongs to a group of stars called the "Helmi stream" which are known to have once belonged to a separate dwarf galaxy.

This galaxy was gobbled up by the Milky Way between six and nine billion years ago in an act of intergalactic cannibalism.




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'Alien' planet detected circling dying star

The planet circles a sun which belongs to a group of stars called the "Helmi stream" which are known to have once belonged to a separate dwarf galaxy.

This galaxy was gobbled up by the Milky Way between six and nine billion years ago in an act of intergalactic cannibalism.




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Thursday 28 October 2010

Who, What, Why: How is Keith Richards still alive?

The key to survival was not being greedy and having very good quality gear, says Keef.




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Saturday 16 October 2010

Five Minutes With: Seal

Just don't mention the drug dealing




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Wednesday 8 September 2010

Good Dancing, Bad Dancing

Both dances look insane.




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Saturday 21 August 2010

How to create a new identity online

You've got to be online.




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Thursday 19 August 2010

Rampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena

Most of the injured were treated for cuts and bruises, officials in the northern town of Tafalla said.

But nine people were taken to hospital in nearby Pamplona.

Among them was a 10-year-old boy who apparently suffered multiple bruising when the bull fell on him, and a 24-year-old who was gored




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Monday 12 July 2010

World Cup winner Paul the octopus given trophy

Paul the oracle octopus. Nine brains!




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Tuesday 29 June 2010

Goce satellite views Earth's gravity in high definition

Animated map of gravity around the world. Courtesy of Esa.




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Sunday 27 June 2010

'I built a nuclear fusion reactor in New York City'

Mark Suppes is an amateur nuclear physicist who has created a homemade nuclear fusion reactor in Brooklyn, New York.

He is part of a growing community of "fusioneers" - amateur science junkies who are building such reactors for fun, and with an eye to helping solve the world's energy crisis.




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Monday 31 May 2010

Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

10 civilians died... a massacre.




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Sunday 30 May 2010

Rave-goers descend on coast

An illegal gathering of 2,500 people in Pembrokeshire.




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Thursday 27 May 2010

First human 'infected with computer virus'

A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus.

Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading contaminated a computer chip which was then inserted into his hand.

The device, which enables him to pass through security doors and activate his mobile phone, is a sophisticated version of ID chips used to tag pets.

In trials, Dr Gasson showed that the chip was able to pass on the computer virus to external control systems.

If other implanted chips had then connected to the system they too would have been corrupted, he said.




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Wednesday 19 May 2010

Lurcher befriends Cornish fox cub in Portreath

Jack's owner Gary Zammit said: "They just play fight - there's never any malice in it."




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Friday 7 May 2010

Boris Johnson: Tories must be meat in coalition sausage

Extending the metaphor gastronomically




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Tuesday 4 May 2010

Gaza holds its own World Cup



Gaza residents have held their own version of a famous football tournament - calling it the "Gaza World Cup", with 16 teams of local and international players competing for a trophy made of twisted metal and iron from last year's war with Israel.

Thousands of fans watched as athletes began competing for the title within various 'international' teams, including America, Italy and Germany.




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Sunday 2 May 2010

Paul Hart emotional after Palace draw relegates Owls

Palace stay up despite being docked points for going into administration




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Close-Up: Latvia's love of folk singing

Damien McGuiness' ludicrous wig/comb-over most in evidence at around 1:40




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Friday 30 April 2010

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Election: Brown 'bigoted woman' jibe caught on tape

I like the candour..




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Monday 26 April 2010

Blue stork surprises German villagers

The Germans are happy..




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Saturday 24 April 2010

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Clever New Caledonian crows can use three tools

They can also play banjo.




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Friday 9 April 2010

Colour e-readers with video shown off

Wow - four times more efficient than LCD, battery life of days...




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Monday 5 April 2010

The Canadian insect collector who eats his specimens

He says "I hate bugs" but he means "I ate bugs"




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Wednesday 31 March 2010

Lovelock: 'We can't save the planet'

'We're not really guilty. We didn't deliberately set out to heat the world'




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Tuesday 30 March 2010

Stroud - printing their own currency

Proponents of local currencies say they boost community economies by keeping money in the area, but critics dismiss them as fashionable gimmicks and tantamount to protectionism.




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Saturday 27 March 2010

Tiny cube to tackle space debris

UK researchers have developed a device to drag space debris out of orbit.

They plan to launch a demonstration of their "CubeSail" next year. It is a small satellite cube that deploys a thin, 25-sq-m plastic sheet.

Residual air molecules still present in the spacecraft's low-Earth orbit will catch the sheet and pull the object out of the sky much faster than is normal.

The Surrey Space Centre team says the concept could be fitted to larger satellites and even rocket stages.

The group also envisages that a mature system would even be sent to rendezvous and dock with redundant spacecraft to clean them from orbit.




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Monday 22 March 2010

Sunday 21 March 2010

Persian new year celebrated



The Persian New Year has been celebrated for 3000 years across a whole swathe of the world which used to form the ancient Persian empire.

This year, the United Nations General Assembly recognised Nowruz as a national holiday.




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Cliff-edge house hosts last party



The owner of a house on a Scarborough cliff edge has hosted a special dinner as a farewell gesture to the property.

Teetering on the edge of Knipe Point in Scarborough, the property is at risk of falling off the cliff as it crumbles. Owner Kane Cunningham invited twelve guests to the bungalow's "last supper" to highlight the perils of climate change.




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Thursday 11 March 2010

1984 for 2012 - UK develops 'intelligent CCTV'

Whatever you do, don't attempt street theatre or situationist art, because the video monitoring system will know you're a terrorist and the auto-arrest mechanism will be triggered. Then. because the cuts have 'streamlined' the courts removing 'inefficiencies' you'll be allocated a punishment on a cheapest available basis, probably shipped abroad for punishment which the UK is buying in as part of its committment to the developing world...




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Tuesday 9 March 2010

Monday 8 March 2010

Bonobos opt to share their food




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Sunday 31 January 2010

BBC News - Haiti holds US 'child smugglers'

US religious group accused of child theft




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Friday 29 January 2010

Stephen Fry on the iPad

He speaks of that which may be possible..




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Monday 25 January 2010

Thursday 14 January 2010

Barack Obama sets out US banking repayment scheme

President Barack Obama has said Wall Street must repay $117bn (£72bn) to taxpayers and criticised banks for "massive profits and obscene bonuses".




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Monday 11 January 2010

Lib Dems' Nick Clegg shelving party pledges

Nick Clegg has confirmed the recession means the Lib Dems will have to shelve some of their best-known policies in a speech on his election "priorities".

Extending free childcare, free personal care for the elderly and a "citizen's pension" would have to be "put on hold" and tuition fees ended over six years.

He said the days of "shopping lists" of spending pledges were over so his party could focus on priorities like schools.




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Friday 8 January 2010

Cricket - Ball-tampering row angers Strauss despite draw

We love a good bit of controversial, right?




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Wednesday 6 January 2010

Pornographic videos flood YouTube

The female presenter has a lemon in her mouth. She couldn't show more distaste if she vomited. She's ready to spit. Her teeth will fall out if she grimaces any wider.




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