DNA traces Iceman’s ragtag wardrobe
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Institute for Mummies and the Iceman
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Researchers from Ireland and Italy studied nine samples from six items
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Star snapped before and after nova explosion
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J Skowron / Warsaw University Observatory
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The nova eruption took place in May 2009
Astronomers have [...]
New species of fossil dolphin found
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James Di Loreto, Smithsonian
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The skull was found in Alaska in 1951 and belongs to a previously unrecognised species
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Neonic pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline
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Steven Falk
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Species that fed regularly on oil seed rape such as the buff tailed bumblebee showed more serious declines
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China launches quantum-enabled satellite Micius
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China Daily/Reuters
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The rocket containing the satellite took off from the Gobi Desert
China has [...]
Simulated black hole experiment backs Hawking prediction
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NASA
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A black hole is depicted in this artist’s impression
A lab experiment has lent support [...]
Viruses ‘more dangerous in the morning’
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SPL
Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests.
The findings, published in PNAS, showed viruses were 10 [...]
Culham Science Centre nuclear experts fear quarry dust
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The Joint European Torus is based at Culham Science Centre
Scientists are concerned dust from a planned quarry could affect their nuclear fusion [...]
Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in zoo
Media captionThe spiders have never been bred in captivity and very little is known about them
A clutch of about 200 Montserrat tarantulas has hatched at Chester Zoo – the first time this rare spider has been bred in captivity.
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Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in captivity
Media captionThe spiders have never before been bred in captivity and very little is known about them
A clutch of about 200 Montserrat tarantulas has hatched at Chester Zoo – the first time the rare spider has been bred in captivity.
Very [...]