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Oops! Huge Russian meteorite breaks after it's pulled out of lake

18.10.2013 15:40
Onlookers surround what may be the largest surviving piece of a meteorite that fell to the bottom of Russia's Lake Chebarkul in February. The rock, linked to a spectacular meteor blast over the city of Chelyabinsk, was dredged up on Wednesday.Divers raised a coffee-table-size chunk of the...

Ocean health suffers from overfishing, index finds

18.10.2013 15:34
The health of the world's oceans are inextricably linked to human health and well-being; more than one-third of people worldwide depend on seafood for 20 percent of their animal protein, according to the United Nations. To gauge how well the oceans are doing, a large team of researchers created...

Secret location of King Herod's tomb remains buried in history

18.10.2013 15:29
Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled not long before the time of Jesus, seems to have eluded historians once again. In 2007 archaeologists announced they had found the great king's tomb , a surprisingly modest mausoleum that was part of the Herodium, a massive complex built by Herod on a...

30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says

18.10.2013 15:17
Almost 30 million people across the globe are living in modern-day slavery, according to a report published Thursday. The inaugural Global Slavery Index, published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation , said the African nation of Mauritania, Haiti, Pakistan, and India have the highest...

Man wins $200,000 for betting grandson would one day play soccer for country

18.10.2013 15:16
LONDON - It was a simple of act of faith that paid a handsome return. A delighted grandfather announced his retirement Wednesday after banking more than $200,000 on a bet that his grandson would one day play international soccer for his home country. Peter Edwards made the $80 bet in January 2000...

A few tree species dominate diverse Amazon rain forest

18.10.2013 14:53
The Amazon is the largest and most diverse rain forest in the world — about 10 percent of all known species on Earth dwell there — but only a few dozen of the Amazon's thousands of tree species rule the jungle, researchers recently found. This new analysis can help reveal which Amazon tree species...

Owner of Jaguars and Fulham Seeks Football Fusion

18.10.2013 14:46
LONDON — The mile-long walk from the Putney Bridge tube stop to Craven Cottage, the home of Fulham Football Club, is among the most scenic in English soccer. On game days, fathers and sons, young couples and hardened fans amble together through Bishop’s Park past rose bushes, stone sculptures and...

A new study reveals that elephants appear to understand the point of pointing

11.10.2013 17:08
We point to things without giving much thought to what a sophisticated act it really is. By simply extending a finger, we can let other people know we want to draw their attention to an object, and indicate which object it is. As sophisticated as pointing may be, however, babies usually learn to do...

By 2047, Coldest Years May Be Warmer Than Hottest in Past, Scientists Say

11.10.2013 17:05
If greenhouse emissions continue their steady escalation, temperatures across most of the earth will rise to levels with no recorded precedent by the middle of this century, researchers said Wednesday. Scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa calculated that by 2047, plus or minus five...

Scott Carpenter, One of the Original Seven Astronauts, Is Dead at 88

11.10.2013 16:50
M. Scott Carpenter, whose flight into space in 1962 as the second American to orbit the Earth was marred by technical problems and ended with the nation waiting anxiously to see if he had survived a landing far from the target site, died on Thursday in Denver. He was 88 and one of the last...
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