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A European probe orbiting Venus has new data that indicates the planet may once had a lot of water on its surface and even had a system of plate tectonics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8149361.stm

Amphibians around the world synchronise their mating activity by the full Moon, researchers have discovered. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8145000/8145125.stm

Cat owners may have suspected as much, but it seems our feline friends have found a way to manipulate us humans. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8147566.stm :ban:the cats

The world's oldest dinosaur burrows have been discovered in Australia. Three separate burrows have been found in all, the biggest 2m long, each built to a similar design and just big enough to hold the body of a small dinosaur. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8144000/8144199.stm

Europe's Herschel space observatory is set to become one of the most powerful tools ever to study the Universe. The "first light" data from its three instruments demonstrates a remarkable capability even though their set-up is still not complete http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8143447.stm

Astronomers have revealed faint images of the two oldest and most distant supernovae to be discovered to date http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8141395.stm

A striking new species of lungless salamander has been found living in a small stream in the Appalachian foothills of the US. The salamander is so distinct that it's been classified within its own genus, a taxonomic grouping that usually includes a host of related species...

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A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered. Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another...

in pictures http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/president_obamas_first_167_day.html picture 4 rocks

About 800 pages of the earliest surviving Christian Bible have been recovered and put on the internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8135415.stm "This 1,600-year-old manuscript offers a window into the development of early Christianity" Dr Scot McKendrick British Library

There is a species of spider that builds models of itself, which it uses as decoys to distract predators http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8135000/8135844.stm

Honeybee hordes use two weapons - heat and carbon dioxide - to **** their natural enemies, giant hornets. Japanese honeybees form "bee balls" - mobbing and ********** the predators. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8129536.stm clever lil buggas

Over the weekend, approximately 190,000 people made their way to Worthy **** in western England to attend the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/glastonbury_2009.html

Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered three new dinosaur species after examining fossils dug up in Queensland http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8131915.stm

The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned its first images since reaching the Moon on 23 June. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8131658.stm

Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin will resign as governor of Alaska and not run for re-election, US media have reported. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/8133964.stm

There is new evidence in the debate regarding the 1908 Tunguska event that destroyed 80 million trees in Siberia. Researchers say that clouds that form at the poles after shuttle launches are due to the turbulent transport of water from shuttle exhaust...

Scientists in Germany have published details of flutes dating back to the time that modern humans began colonising Europe, 35,000 years ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8117915.stm

Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has obtained strong evidence that Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus retains liquid water. The probe has detected sodium salts in the vicinity of the satellite, which appear to spew from its south pole http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8115148.stm

At least 45 people have died in a missile strike by a US drone aircraft in Pakistan, officials there have said http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8115814.stm

Great white sharks do not aimlessly wander the ocean waiting to stumble upon their next meal. Instead, the biggest sharks identify a location from which to strike, and then search the surrounding ******* zone for their next victim http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8110000/8110246.stm

Fox ...The Technology and the Arts Interview: January 30, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDSIGTQgDEw

Europe's new Herschel space observatory has provided a demonstration of its capability with a first image of the iconic Whirlpool Galaxy. The billion-euro telescope opened its "eyes" to the cosmos last Sunday when a command was given to lift a protective hatch covering the instrument bay...

Huge sperm of ancient crustaceans A new method for analysing the interior of fossils has shown that millimetre-long mussel-like crustaceans called ostracods used giant sperm to mate. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107515.stm thought the title might make you klik.................... :D

World number one Rafael Nadal will not defend his Wimbledon men's singles crown due to an ongoing knee injury. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8085394.stm

Woolly mammoths lived in Britain as recently as 14,000 years ago, according to new radiocarbon dating evidence http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8106090.stm recently as 14,000 years ago Tunsty you remember them??:wave2:

A new dinosaur unearthed in western China has shed light on the evolution from dinosaur hands to the wing bones in today's birds. The fossil, from about 160 million years ago, has been named Limusaurus inextricabilis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8105513.stm

Typhoons can trigger imperceptible, slow earthquakes, researchers say. Scientists report in the journal Nature that, in a seismically active zone in Taiwan, pressure changes caused by typhoons "unclamp" the fault. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8094083.stm

Astronomers calculate there is a tiny chance that Mars or Venus could collide with Earth - though it would not happen for at least a billion years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8093005.stm

Some of the biggest black holes in the nearby Universe may be much larger than previously thought http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8091271.stm

simple physics experiment has shed light on slithering - the most common type of motion used by snakes. Rather than pushing off nearby obstacles, snakes exploit the fact that their scales have different "grip" in different directions http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8091685.stm

As if flying around in the dark swooping and diving to catch insects was not tricky enough, bats also listen for their fellow hunters. A study has revealed how these winged mammals recognise other bats' voices. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8085477.stm

Incredible peaks and valleys, buried beneath ice for 14 million years, have revealed evidence of how the East Antarctic ice sheet first formed. Scientists used radar to map an area of the Gamburtsev mountains - believed to be the point of origin of the ice...

Adult tucuxi dolphins have been seen trying to **** a newborn calf of their own species. It is the first record of these dolphins attempting infanticide http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8048000/8048288.stm

A remarkable ivory carving is arguably the oldest sculpture of a human figure yet found, scientists say. The distorted object, which portrays a woman with huge breasts, big buttocks and exaggerated genitals, is thought to be at least 35,000 years old...

Farrah Fawcett has laid bare her battle with cancer in a video diary to be screened in the US later this week. http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Fawcett-in-cancer-video-diary-939952177.html

Space shuttle Atlantis has reached the Hubble telescope, orbiting at a height of 560km (350 miles) over the Earth. The shuttle crew completed a delicate dance of manoeuvres to align the shuttle's robotic arm with the telescope on their approach. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8048687.stm

Rare species on islands are at risk of being lost forever because they have been generally overlooked by current conservation models, a study suggests http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8043907.stm

Garden snails are evolving slower metabolisms. Natural selection is favouring snails with reduced metabolic rates, researchers in Chile have discovered. It is the first time that evolution has been shown to select for this trait in individuals of any species...

The space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off on an ambitious and risky mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis ducked through clouds as it roared up at 1901 BST (1401 EDT) from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Mission managers have packaged a complex series of repairs and upgrades...

did he do that? Leonard Nimoy's Ballad of Bilbo Baggins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04 :rofl:

The world's smallest and rarest pigs are "thriving" following their release into the wild last year, conservationists report. Camera-trap footage and surveys suggest that the captive-bred pygmy hogs have adapted well to their new home in the grasslands of Assam in India...

Here is a breakdown of expenses claims by the Prime Minister and main Cabinet ministers, as disclosed by a national newspaper...

Scientists have found more evidence that the Indonesian "Hobbit" skeletons belong to a new species of human - and not modern pygmies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8036396.stm

A speed camera boss has admitted driving at more than 100mph on a 70mph dual carriageway. Tom Riall, a chief executive of Serco, was caught by a police patrol car in Newmarket, Suffolk. http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Speed-camera-boss-caught-speeding-458420229.html

A robotic submarine is undergoing final preparations to dive to the deepest-known part of the oceans. If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8035499.stm

A male contraceptive jab could be as effective at preventing pregnancies as the female pill or condoms, work shows. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8033218.stm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Rome's underground Christian, Jewish and pagan burial sites, the Catacombs, date back to the 2nd Century AD. There are more than 40 of them stretching over 170km (105 miles). But, until now, they have never been fully documented, their vast scale only recorded with handmade maps. That is...

A huge wave crashed into the New York City region 2,300 years ago, dumping sediment and shells across Long Island and New Jersey and casting wood debris far up the Hudson River. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8028949.stm