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by PeD | 01-03-2012

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Secret Underground City For Sale (VIDEO)www.youtube.comThe 35 acre, 1950s nuclear bunker which the Ministry of Defence has put up for sale. The Burlington bunker is Corsham would have held 4,000 civil servants… Space Pictures: Blue Moon, Wreath Nebula & Iberia (PHOTOS)news.nationalgeographic.comA Saturn moon shows its colors, a nebula shines like a holiday wreath, a new island emerges, and more in the week’s best space pictures.

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by PeD | 01-02-2012

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How to see the best meteor showers of 2012: Tools, tips and ‘save the dates’www.physorg.comWhether you’re watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused by tiny specks of comet-stuff hitting Earth’s atmosphere at very high speed… Could hypersonic flight become a reality?www.bbc.co.ukWork has begun on a passenger aircraft that could fly from Europe to Australia in four hours. Will it ever become a reality?

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by PeD | 01-01-2012

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Happy New Year! Happy New Year! China plans manned moon missionwww.guardian.co.ukNearly 40 years after Nasa last did it, Chinese space agency announces its ‘preliminary plan for a human lunar landing’

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by PeD | 12-31-2011

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Crows using traffic to crack walnut (VIDEO)www.youtube.comNot only do they use moving traffic as a tool to crack walnuts, they are able to locate the spot that provides maximum effectiveness and minimum risk.

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by PeD | 12-30-2011

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18 Things You Should Know About Genetics (VIDEO)vimeo.com18 Things You Should Know About Genetics is an animated film that presents fundamental background information about genetics, as well as offering some quirky but interesting facts about DNA, genes and genetics. Apes ‘may video chat’ on iPads (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukConservationists at a Milwaukee zoo have introduced orangutans to iPads, and hope one day they could even be able to make video calls.

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by PeD | 12-29-2011

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What if the earth had two moons?www.physorg.comThe idea of an Earth with two moons has been a science fiction staple for decades. More recently, real possibilities of an Earth with two moon have popped up. The properties of the Moons far side has many scientists thinking that another moon used to orbit the Earth before smashing in to the Moon .… Volcanic Activity in the Red Sea (PICTURES)earthobservatory.nasa.govAn eruption and an apparent new island appeared in the Red Sea in December 2011.

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by PeD | 12-28-2011

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Why were people once put in ‘human zoos’? (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukAn exhibition in Paris looks at the history of so-called human zoos, that put inhabitants from foreign lands, mostly African countries, on display as articles of curiosity. Twin Nasa spacecraft swing into orbit to look inside moon’s corewww.dailymail.co.ukNasa’s two washing-machine-sized Grail spacecraft will dive in to orbit the moon this week – then slowly edge down to just 35 miles up, to measure the moon’s gravity and ‘map’ its interior.

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by PeD | 12-27-2011

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Just posted a photo @ Shark Valley Observation Tower Just posted a photo @ Shark Valley Observation Tower Shark Valley Observation Towerinstagr.amthedailygalaxy’s photo on Instagram

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by PeD | 12-26-2011

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Elephant’s sixth ‘toe’ discovered (VIDEO)www.bbc.co.ukA mysterious bony growth found in elephants’ feet is actually a sixth “toe” that helps to support their enormous weight, scientists report.

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by PeD | 12-25-2011

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Plasma Torch Toothbrush Successfully Used In Human Mouth (VIDEO)www.popsci.comAttentive followers of dentistry developments that we are, we’ve been following the story of the plasma brush for awhile now. And it seems like it’s making some serious progress: human clinical trials are supposed to begin in early 2012.