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The Russian Space Shuttle
ByStevenThe 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…
Cyborg Snail Power!
ByStevenSnails have joined the growing ranks of animals whose own metabolism can be used to generate electricity. The dozen or so brown garden snails crawling around the plastic, moss-filled terrarium in Evgeny Katz’s laboratory look normal, but they have a hidden superpower: they produce electricity. Into each mollusc, Katz and his team at Clarkson University…
‘Face of Jesus’ on Barn Conversion
ByStevenSam Dalby, a self-employed painter and decorator, uncovered a face of Jesus Christ on a wall while working on a barn conversion.The face of Jesus, as uncovered by decorator Sam Dalby Photo: CASCADE The Telegraph – 6:50AM GMT 16 Mar 2012 The 37-year-old discovered the image hidden behind a stereo unit at the property in Eldroth, near…

