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Victorian ‘Supercomputer’ is Reborn
by Maggie Shiels - BBC News
The world of computing could have been very different to that of today had a machine that was designed over 150 years ago been built at the time.
That is the view of Doron Swade, the man who is behind realising the creation of the famed Difference Engine No 2 which […]
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Secrets Of Massive Black Hole Unveiled: Workings Of Giant Galactic Particle Accelerators Discovered
by ScienceDaily
At the cores of many galaxies, supermassive black holes expel powerful jets of particles at nearly the speed of light. Just how they perform this feat has long been one of the mysteries of astrophysics. The leading theory says the particles are accelerated by tightly-twisted magnetic fields close to the black hole, but confirming […]
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Mystery Of Ancient Supercontinent’s Demise Revealed
by ScienceDaily
In a paper published in Geophysical Journal International, Dr Graeme Eagles from the Earth Sciences Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, reveals how one of the largest continents ever to exist met its demise.
Gondwana was a ‘supercontinent’ that existed between 500 and 180 million years ago. For the past four decades, geologists have […]
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Mars Radar Instruments Work Together To Discover Hidden Martian Secrets
by ScienceDaily.com
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A radar instrument co-sponsored by NASA on the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has looked beneath the surface of Mars and opened up a new dimension for planetary exploration.
The technique’s success is prompting scientists to think of other places in the solar system where they would like to use radar […]
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Oil Painting ‘Originated in East’
by Vincent Dowd - BBCNews.com
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Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say.
French-based scientists have been investigating cave paintings at the ancient complex of Bamiyan.
Until 2001 two vast 6th-Century Buddhas stood at Bamiyan. Then they were […]
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What Are The Odds Of Finding Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life?
by Science Daily
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Is there anybody out there? Probably not, according to a scientist from the University of East Anglia. A mathematical model produced by Prof Andrew Watson suggests that the odds of finding new life on other Earth-like planets are low, given the time it has taken for beings such […]
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Early Elephant ‘Was Amphibious’
by Science Daily
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The scientists were investigating the lifestyle of two early elephants (proboscideans) Moeritherium and Barytherium that lived in the Eocene period, over 37 million years ago. By analysing isotopes in tooth enamel from Moeritherium they were able to deduce that it was very likely a semi-aquatic mammal, spending its […]
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