It’s the tallest building in Europe, but The Shard would be dwarfed by a huge asteroid that’s set to skim past Earth this week. On…
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Half of British couples spread poo bacteria to each other by sharing towels
Relationships require commitment, trust, an ability to open up and share both the good and bad. And according to recent research, many British couples also…
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Olivier Hainaut, of the European Southern Observatory in Garching, Germany, detected this bizarre cosmological body called Gault. He said: “This self-destruction event is rare. Active…
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NASA’s astronaut is one of the six crew members currently orbiting the planet 250 miles (402km) up in space. The International Space Station has been in…
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The bizarre NASA discovery was made an incredible 900 light-years away from Earth in the WASP-121 system. The planet, dubbed WASP-121b, is a football-shaped gas giant…
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Apophis 99942 is a 370-metre-wide near-Earth space rock that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observation indicated a probability of…
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The object, known as Asteroid 2006 QQ23, is expected to skim past Earth within a week. The celestial body is around 570 metres in diameter…
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NASA landed the first human on the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, half-a-century ago this year. The monumental achievement saw astronauts Neil…
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“When it comes to intelligent life beyond Earth, we don’t know where it exists or how it communicates” Yuri Milner “So our philosophy is to…
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The Yellowstone caldera gets its chilling label as a supervolcano due to its ability to inflict devastation on a global level should another supereruption occur. An event of…
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is an unmanned probe orbiting the Moon for the past decade.NASA’s space probe has in that time created detailed lunar…
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On July 20, 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 spaceflight landed the first two men – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – on the Moon. Armstrong became an overnight sensation,…
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 2014 whilst on its way to Beijing. In total 239 passengers and crew were on the aeroplane…
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MH370 left Kuala Lumpur Airport on March 8, 2014, destined for Beijing, China with 239 people on board. However, the jet last communicated with air traffic control…
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Facebook could soon be snooping on your encrypted WhatsApp messages under plans to moderate content on the platform The tech firm is exploring the use…
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Poriferans, better known as sponges, are squishy, stationary and filled with holes. Ctenophores, also called comb jellies, are soft blobs wreathed by feathery cilia. For…
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Why it’s so hard to concentrate when you’re hungover: Scientists find higher levels of drinking impair brain function and memory Scientists at Melbourne’s Swinburne University…
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Mathematical Twitter is normally a quiet, well-ordered place, a refuge from the aggravations of the internet. But on July 28, someone who must have been…
Read More The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the InternetAlbert Einstein wrote to the US pleading with the government to build an atomic bomb 80 years ago. Here's what he said.
Albert Einstein was famously a pacifist, but he wrote to US President Franklin D Roosevelt in 1939 to urge him to try and develop the…
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Scientists create inch-long robot ‘cockroach’ lighter than a grain of sand that can withstand the weight of a fully grown man The tiny machine measures…
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About14 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year. Some scientists estimate that there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debrisin oceans worldwide. Most…
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July is set to be the joint-warmest month on record in world history — and may even be the hottest ever seen Data from European…
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If you were out at the pub last night, you may be struggling to function at your desk this morning. Now, scientists from Swinburne University…
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More than half a century ago, on July 20, 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission successfully landed on the lunar surface, ending the Space Race with…
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The planet, dubbed GJ 357D, orbits a star approximately 31 light years distance from Earth. The super-Earth is in so-called habitable zone, an area far…
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Most detailed ever 3D map of Milky Way confirms it is not flat but a warped and twisted galaxy Until now, the understanding of the…
Read More Most detailed ever map of Milky Way confirms it is warped and twistedAsteroid bigger than Empire State Building to pass Earth this month
Enormous asteroid bigger than the Empire State Building capable of wiping out a country is set to narrowly miss Earth later this month A massive…
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A newsolar-powered device turns salt water into fresh drinking water. GivePower, the nonprofit behind the technology, is debuting the system in a coastal community in…
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A large-scale 3Dmap of theMilky Way shows itswarped shape with a new level of detail and accuracy. Researchers measured the distances between our sun and…
Read More A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals our galaxy's warped shape in unprecedented detailShots fired near Mammoth Cave campsite after alleged Bigfoot encounter, report says
Gunshots fired in alleged Bigfoot encounter near Mammoth Cave campsite While camping in Mammoth Cave National Park, Madelyn Durand was approached by another camper who…
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