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Spectacular meteor shower to grace British skies

Contributed by Maria on Aug 11, 2010 - 11:24 AM

British stargazers can look forward to a dazzling meteor shower lighting up our skies this week in what is predicted to be the most impressive of annual celestial events.

 

 


Scientists give Bronze Age Gristhorpe Man a face and voice

Contributed by Maria on Aug 11, 2010 - 11:05 AM

ACADEMICS in Yorkshire have given a voice and a face to a man who died more about 4,000 years ago.

 

 


Alexander the Great poisoned by the River Styx

Contributed by Maria on Aug 11, 2010 - 10:53 AM

American researchers have found a striking correlation between the symptoms suffered by Alexander before his death in 323BC, and the effects of the highly toxic bacterium.

 

 


Food For Thought: Meat-Based Diet Made Us Smarter

Contributed by Maria on Aug 11, 2010 - 10:40 AM

Our earliest ancestors ate their food raw — fruit, leaves, maybe some nuts. When they ventured down onto land, they added things like underground tubers, roots and berries.

It wasn't a very high-calorie diet, so to get the energy you needed, you had to eat a lot and have a big gut to digest it all. But having a big gut has its drawbacks

 

 


Homeopathy is witchcraft, say doctors

Contributed by Maria on May 16, 2010 - 09:28 AM

Hundreds of members of the BMA have passed a motion denouncing the use of the alternative medicine, saying taxpayers should not foot the bill for remedies with no scientific basis to support them.

 


Peyote Won't Rot Your Brain

Contributed by Maria on May 03, 2010 - 07:59 PM
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that peyote -- for now, the only legal hallucinogenic drug in the United States -- doesn't rob regular users of brain power over time.

British Library warns UK's web heritage 'could be lost'

Contributed by Maria on Feb 25, 2010 - 12:04 PM
The UK's online heritage could be lost forever if the government does not grant a "right to archive", a group of leading libraries has said.

Biofuel power plant plan refused

Contributed by Maria on Feb 25, 2010 - 11:55 AM
An application to build a biofuel power station at Avonmouth, capable of powering 25,000 homes, has been refused by city councillors.

Sharks used to roam the fens, according to recent archaeological find

Contributed by Maria on Feb 19, 2010 - 09:13 PM
Discovery of shark tooth in site near Cambridge sheds some light on prehistory of East Anglia.
 

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