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— McDonald's recalls Shrek glasses due to potential cadmium risk — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced a recall of 'Shrek Forever After 3D' Collectable Drinking…
— Hogchoker - the new Internet star — A small flatfish living along the coast of North America is the new Internet star. Currently the hotness for this particular…
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— Hogchoker - the new Internet star — A small flatfish living along the coast of North America is the new Internet star. Currently the hotness for this particular…
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— Wasps clock faces like humans — Face recognition in golden paper wasps may be an adaptation to their social environment.…
— Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly connected quantum state.…
— How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike.…
— New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there are signs of an imminent volcanic eruption that could be…
— Entangled diamonds vibrate together — Objects big enough for the eye to see have been placed in a weirdly connected quantum state.…
— How animals predict earthquakes — Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike.…
— New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact — Hundreds of metres under one of Iceland's largest glaciers there are signs of an imminent volcanic eruption that could be…
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Editorials
— Dr Petar Beron awarded the Order of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius — Today, 18 October 2010, at a ceremony in the President's Office, with a Decree No.…— The Nobel Prize in physics is going to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov — The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, has decided to award the Nobel…
— The Nobel in medicine is going to Robert G. Edwards — The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, has decided to award the…
— Ectocarpus genome adapted to life on the rocks — The newly sequenced genome of the brown seaweed Ectocarpus siliculosus sheds light…
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Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered
In the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden. Cloaked in dust and dimmed by the intervening distance, even the Hubble Space Telescope couldn't spy it. It took the revealing power of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to uncover not one, but four remarkably red galaxies. And while astronomers can describe the members of this new 'species,' they can't explain what makes them so ruddy…
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Cassini chronicles life of Saturn's giant storm
— AstronomyNew images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that…
Scientists create light from vacuum
— PhysicsScientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum - observing an effect first…
Scientists discover gene switch responsible for flight muscle formation
— BiologyFlies are real flight artists, although they only have small wings compared to their body size. Scientists at the Max Planck…
Scientists find evidence for 'great lake' on Europa
— AstronomyIn a significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere…
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Scientists create light from vacuum
— PhysicsScientists at Chalmers University of Technology have succeeded in creating light from vacuum - observing an effect first…
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