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Especially for you
05/03/2010 - 14:39
Submitted by Louise Ridley
The news that Google "personalises" up to one in five web searches using our web history, location and online contacts is a rare insight into the mighty search engine’s mysterious...
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House made from recycled rubbish
04/03/2010 - 15:57
Submitted by Jheni Osman
As I drove the last car load of old kitchen units and various other bits of junk to the tip the other day, I couldn't help wondering where all that waste would actually end up. The local tip is...
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Hangover-free alcohol?
04/03/2010 - 09:53
Submitted by Daniel Bennett
Hangover-free booze – the holy grail of the drinks industry – may have been discovered by researchers from South Korea. The body uses oxygen to metabolise alcohol. The researchers at...
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Could lightning strike you underwater?
26/02/2010 - 16:47
Submitted by Louise Ridley
Could you get struck when you're out for a swim, and are you more at risk than on land? Is there any difference between fresh and salt water? What do you reckon?  Send your thoughts...
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Stranger than fiction
26/02/2010 - 10:08
Submitted by Louise Ridley
Science fiction ideas have inspired advances in the real world – remember how Arthur C Clarke predicted modern satellites. But some SF ideas can turn out to be utter codswallop.   The link...
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An astronaut's holiday snaps
24/02/2010 - 18:49
Submitted by Daniel Bennett
We all know how tiresome it can be when a friend or a relative insists that you look through their entire holiday reel. And with the advent of digital cameras, and with it the ability to take...
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Keeping a cool head
24/02/2010 - 14:56
Submitted by leo_sayers
Whenever I go into a bike shop looking for a new helmet, the trainee sales monkey always uses the excellent line of “how much is your head worth?” to which I reply “About £100...
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Things could only get better...
24/02/2010 - 10:47
Submitted by Andy Ridgway
At last, there's good news from Switzerland – things are starting to shape up at the Large Hadron Collider. The most expensive science experiment in human history is beginning to pump out some...
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Are aliens among us?
23/02/2010 - 18:03
Submitted by JV Chamary
Star Trek has been making me think this week. According to Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and president of the Royal Society, “[Aliens] could be staring us in the face and we just don’t...
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Ask Andy Green a question
19/02/2010 - 17:26
Submitted by Daniel Bennett
We’ve lined up land speed record holder Andy Green for our Quick Chat interview in the coming months and we want you to send us your questions. Speed seems to flow through Andy’s veins....
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Altruistic ants die alone to protect colony
19/02/2010 - 16:25
Submitted by Louise Ridley
It’s official – ants are kinder than bumble bees. One species of ant, at least. Research published in Current Biology shows that dying Temnothorax unifasciatus ants leave the nest and die...
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Frisbee inventor dies aged 90
12/02/2010 - 17:49
Submitted by Louise Ridley
Walter Frederick Morrison, inventor of the ‘Pluto Platter,’ has died aged 90 at his home in Utah. This won’t mean much until you’re familiar with the name his invention came...
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