Ever wondered what happens to the particles in the Large Hadron Collider? Here’s the lowdown…
River cruise … seal enjoys a pleasure ride By JO SAYER Published: 15 Jul 2011 Sailors on this river got a shock when they spotted a wild grey seal sunbathing on a rubber dinghy. The animal had clambered aboard the raft on the River Orwell, near Woolverstone, Suffolk. And it looked ship shape as it…
The giant, Ice Age animal last roamed the Earth some 10,000 years ago Sky News – 9:26pm UK, Tuesday March 13, 2012 South Korean and Russian scientists have vowed to work together in an attempt to clone a woolly mammoth from remains found in Siberia. The giant Ice Age animal last roamed the Earth some…
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The Buran shuttle was a Russian orbital vehicle developed as a response to the US Space Shuttle which was suspected by Russia to have military capabilities, although their security advisors could not be sure of what that capability might be. The Buran completed one unmanned orbital mission in 1988 before the programme was cancelled in…
By Danielle Venton http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/snow-leopards-on-camera/ A surprisingly healthy population of rare snow leopards has been caught on camera in the wilds of Afghanistan. Researchers spotted 30 snow leopards in 16 different locations by placing camera traps in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor. Snow leopards are threatened by poaching for their fur, the illegal pet trade…