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Divers find ancient bust of Julius Caesar in French river
Paris - Divers have found what may be the oldest extant bust of Julius Caesar in the Rhone River near the southern French city of Arles, French media reported on Wednesday. The bust, which shows the Roman ruler as a wrinkled, aging man, has been tent...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-14 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

UN biosafety conference urged to reach deal on liability
Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in agriculture was urged Tuesday to work out international rules for liability. It is a matter of credibility for the international community, to ensure such a deal is reached, said Ah...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-13 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Dispute marks start of UN biosafety conference
Bonn - A UN conference on risks relating to genetic engineering in the agricultural sector opened in the former West German capital of Bonn on Monday amid differences among the delegates. The world's leading gene technology companies want a voluntary...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-12 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Missing link found in German rock - fossil record fixed
Wuppertal, Germany - A fossil which was hailed Friday as the missing link in a worldwide evolutionary mystery has been discovered by a rock hunter poking around after a building demolition in Germany. The carpoid, which lived 360 million years ago, i...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Spiders found to court females with ultraviolet rays
Singapore - Ultraviolet rays have been found to be essential for a spider courting females, a published report said Friday. National University of Singapore (NUS) Associate Professor Li Daiqin said that the rays, invisible to the human eye, are very ...

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[Posted on : 2008-05-02 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Albert Hofmann, discoverer of the psychedelic drug LSD, dies at 102
Basel, Switzerland - Swiss scientist, Albert Hofmann, who discovered the mind-bending drug LSD that paved the way for the 1960s acid culture, has died, it was announced Wednesday. He was 102. The Albert Hofmann Foundation said he passed away Tuesday ...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

German scientists discover secret of saline-tolerant wheat
Munich - German scientists said Wednesday they had discovered the secrets of saline tolerance in wheat, holding out the promise that new varieties can be bred to grow under irrigation in salty desert soils. The Technical University of Munich said the...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

EXTRA: It's a girl for scientists examining colossal squid
Wellington - Scientists examining the most perfect example of the largest squid ever caught make a disappointing discovery Wednesday: Their specimen is female. They had hoped that they were examining the first male colossal squid ever captured so the...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-30 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

World's biggest dinosaur lives in world's trendiest town
Berlin - Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 metres over ...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-29 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]

Robots teaching girls to like science and technology
Hamburg, Germany - A new generation of robots is teaching schoolgirls to enjoy learning science and technology the way boys do, according to a team of German researchers. Girls are turned off by the transformer style warrior robots which encourage ...

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[Posted on : 2008-04-28 ] Category : [ Science (Technology) ]