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Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type — Diverse soft-bodied Burgess Shale-like creatures may have persisted beyond the Cambrian…
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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…
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The superwind galaxy NGC 4666

The superwind galaxy NGC 4666

— 2 September 16:31 | Astronomy

The prominent galaxy NGC 4666 in the centre of the picture is a starburst galaxy, about 80 million light-years from Earth, in which particularly intense star formation is taking place. The starburst is thought to be caused by gravitational interactions between NGC 4666 and its neighbouring galaxies, including NGC 4668, visible to the lower left. These interactions often spark vigourous star-formation in the galaxies involved…


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Physicists divided over life extension for US collider — The ageing Tevatron particle smasher can still compete with the upstart Large Hadron Collider, says a committee of physicists…
'Major advance' in tackling aggressive breast cancer — A breakthrough in understanding how a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer develops could lead to the creation of…
Ancient bacteria could improve anti-ageing cosmetics — Where better to look for a sunscreen formula than in cyanobacteria - organisms that thrived on Earth before there was enough…
Space ribbon deployed to surf Earth's magnetic field — A Japanese rocket unfurled a 300-metre-long ribbon in space on Monday, testing technology that could one day allow spacecraft…
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This Herschel image shows IRC+10216, also known as CW Leonis - a star rich in carbon where astronomers were surprised to find water, (c) ESA/PACS/SPIRE/MESS ConsortiaHerschel finds water in a cosmic desert

— 2 Sep | Astronomy

The Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is…

Apple unveiled a completely redesigned iPod nano(R) featuring Apple's Multi-Touch interface that lets users navigate their music collection by simply tapping or swiping a finger on the display, (c) Apple Inc.Apple reinvents iPod nano with multi-touch interface

— 2 Sep | Technology

Apple unveiled a completely redesigned iPod nano(R) featuring Apple's Multi-Touch interface that lets users navigate their music collection by simply tapping or swiping a finger on…

The fossilised hindlimb of Balaur bondoc shows the double-sickle claws of the foot, one of 20 unique features found on the animal, which lived on a Late Cretaceous island in what is now Europe, (c) Mick Ellison'Stocky dragon' dinosaur terrorised Late Cretaceous Europe

— 31 Aug | Geology and palaeontology

Palaeontologists have discovered that a close relative of Velociraptor hunted the dwarfed inhabitants of Late Cretaceous Europe, an island landscape largely isolated from nearby continents.…

Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons. This well-defined depression extends approximately 380 km by 140 km in a NNE - SSW direction. It has a rim that rises up to 1800 m above the surrounding plains, while the floor of the depression lies 400 - 600 m below the surroundings. The term 'patera' is used for deep, complex or irregularly shaped volcanic craters such as the Hadriaca Patera and Tyrrhena Patera at the north-eastern margin of the Hellas impact basin. However, despite its name and the fact that it is positioned near volcanoes, the actual origin of Orcus Patera remains unclear, (c) ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)Mars's mysterious elongated crater

— 28 Aug | Astronomy

Orcus Patera is an enigmatic elliptical depression near Mars's equator, in the eastern hemisphere of the planet. Located between the volcanoes of Elysium Mons and Olympus Mons, its…


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A group of late-stage larvae of Microhyla nepenthicola sp. nov. within a pitcher of the Bornean pitcher plant, Nepenthes ampullaria, (c) Prof. Indraneil Das, Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental ConservationTiny, new, pea-sized frog is Old World's smallest

— 25 Aug | Biology

The smallest frog in the Old World (Asia, Africa and Europe) and one of the world's tiniest was discovered inside and around pitcher plants in the heath forests of the Southeast Asian…

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