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Black hole 'vaporising asteroids'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:29 GMT
For years scientists have been trying to explain the reason why a giant black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has bright flares coming out from its centre.
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Why zebras evolved their stripes
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:59:14 GMT
A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.
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VIDEO: Russia finds vast sub-glacial lake
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:25 GMT
Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast sub-glacial lake.
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VIDEO: Tribes untouched by civilisation
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:04:24 GMT
Saving the mysterious Amazon tribes untouched by modern world
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Threshold broken for tiny lasers
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:09:20 GMT
Researchers build efficient lasers just 100 billionths of a metre across that may be used to make faster computer chips in the future.
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VIDEO: Nepal national park breeds crocs
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:05 GMT
A breeding centre in Nepal's Chitwan National Park is preparing endangered Gharial crocodiles for release back into the wild.
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America and Asia 'will join up'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:28 GMT
Researchers say most of the world's continents will merge somewhere over the Pacific "ring of fire" in 50-200 million years.
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VIDEO: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:39:32 GMT
The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars.
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Russians claim Antarctic success
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:29:52 GMT
Russian scientists are reporting success in their quest to drill into Lake Vostok, a huge body of liquid water buried under the Antarctic ice.
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Rare Mars meteorite for science
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:20:34 GMT
A Martian meteorite, an incredibly rare object, is given to the Natural History Museum, London, to help unravel the secrets of the Red Planet.
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