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  • 280 new moon craters identified

    Using ultra-high resolution mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar gravity and topography data to explore detailed basins that would be obscured using other methods, Xinhua reported. A total of 66 of the craters identified ...

  • Steven and Alex Gerrard soak up the sun in Ibiza on 6th wedding anniversary

    Steven Gerrard and wife Alex lark have been spotted splashing around in the sea, while celebrating their 6th wedding anniversary in Ibiza. The loved-up couple, which got married in a lavish do at Cliveden House in Berkshire in 2007, showed that they are still head over heels in love even after years of marriage, the Sun reported. Alex, the stunning mum of three, wore a printed triangle bikini ...

  • Chinas first teacher in space to give lesson

    /enpproperty--> China's first teacher in space Wang Yaping is in orbit and due to deliver a lecture to students via a video feed on Thursday, China Central Television reported. The lesson, which will be broadcast by CCTV, will last from 10:04 am to 10:55 am. Wang, the country's second female astronaut, will teach primary and middle school students about her zero-gravity ...

  • Indias space dreams soar ISRO to launch satellite-based navigation system

    Like the US' GPS (Global Positioning System) that gives the exact location of moving aircraft, ships, vehicles and even people carrying smart phones, India will soon have its own satellite-based navigation system.India's equivalent of the GPS will be called the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System or IRNSS, a cluster of seven satellites being developed by the Indian Space ...

  • The Insider Moore Warehouse Space

    Polk County will be home to another warehouse, this one not far from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. A 30,420-square-foot warehouse owned by Bobby Moore Properties is slated for construction. It's at the southwest corner or Airport and Dranefield roads, said Rita Karacson, a county planner. The building is in the beginning of the design review process, and construction should begin in ...

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Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

It's never a good sign when a movie has serious problems with its title. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, which has also been known as The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, is a sequel not to a movie called Boggy Creek or ... ...

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  • GOP brings anti-science perspectives to war on women

    Adele Stan, senior Washington correspondent for RH Reality Check, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extreme and sometimes bizarre Republican perspectives on the reproductive rights of American women and they influence they're having on actual legislative policy ...

  • Botched surgery fueled attack at Vancouver 7-11 Judge

    A hostage-taking at a 7-11 in downtown Vancouver in November 2012 was motivated by a call for justice after surgery was performed on the wrong leg, B.C. Provincial Court heard Tuesday. (QMI Agency files) VANCOUVER -- A hostage-taking at a downtown Vancouver 7-11 last year, in which a woman was nearly set on fire, was motivated by a call for justice after surgery was performed on the wrong leg, ...

  • CBI court rejects Talwars plea to seek scientific reports in Aarushi murder case

    A special CBI court on Tuesday rejected the applications of Talwars seeking reports of scientific tests and demanding that a number of exhibits be allowed to be examined by their DNA expert.However, the court partially accepted the application regarding the list of defence witnesses, allowing seven out of the total 13 witnesses to record their statements in the court, beginning June 20.The court ...

  • Climate Change Led To Modern Humans In Stone Age

    modern humans emerged as the need to find refuge from sudden changes in climate grew. An international team of researchers found that technological innovation and the emergence of culture and modern behavior took place abruptly. They were able to link these pulses of innovation to the climate that prevailed in sub-Saharan Africa during ...

  • Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes new blazes menace West

    Colorado wildfire destroys between 80 and 100 homes DENVER/LOS ANGELES - The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames and allowed damage assessment teams to enter charred neighbourhoods, and other threatening blazes grew in Alaska and elsewhere in the West. Authorities said the so-called Black Forest Fire, which has burned in the ...

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