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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

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Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is The 'Pompeii' Of Britain 

Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered the charred remains of a 3000-year-old stilted wooden structure that plunged into the river after it caught fire. The remarkably well-preserved roundhouse is offering an unprecedented glimpse into what domestic life was like during the Bronze Age.
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A Common Food Preservative Could Be A Cancer Treatment 

You’ll find nisin in quite a lot of your food — particularly the food that has to be shelf-stable. Some people look askance at preservatives, but not only is this one all-natural, it has just been shown to kill tumour cells and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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Rock Rings Reveal Surprising New Insights About North America's Climate Past 

By studying growth rings inside of rocks, researchers from Berkeley have devised a new technique for measuring long term changes to climate and precipitation — and this new technique is already revealing new insights into North America’s climate history.

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Man Soaked In Water Slides Through A Huge Fire And Escapes Unharmed 

Video: The folks at NRK Viten are up to their usual nutty antics in their latest experiment. The concept behind this video is that it takes a lot of heat to evaporate water so if a person soaked himself in water and then slid down through an extremely huge fire, the water would provide a sort of protective layer that would prevent said person from turning into human barbecue. Physicist Andreas Wahl tests out this idea… on himself.
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There's Something Surprising Lurking In Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots 

Dwarf planet Ceres’ bright spots are perhaps the strangest of all its features. Now we’re finally in a low-enough altitude to get an unprecedented close-up look — and what we’re seeing may only have deepened the mystery.
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These Are NASA's 'Spiders' On Mars 

Image Cache: David Bowie will live on in space, but his lyrics are present in physical form within our Solar System, too. These geological features are what NASA refers to as spiders, and they can be found on the surface of Mars.
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NASA's New Office Is Our Defence Against Death From The Skies 

It’d be such a shame to lose this fragile, watery planet to an asteroid strike. NASA’s newly-formalized Planetary Defence Coordination Office will do its best to save us — money and physics permitting.
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This New Incandescent Bulb Uses Nano Mirrors To Match LED Efficiency 

Energy-saving bulbs may have some competition in the shape of an ageing technology. Scientists have developed a new kind of incandescent light bulb that uses modern science to ramp up its efficiency, almost matching that of commercial LED bulbs.
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Researchers Want To 'Build' Their Own 3D Shark With Beastcam 

The giant blue crab that is swooping down on that gecko is known to the people of the University of Massachusetts as Beastcam. It can scan a car in 45 seconds flat. Hopefully it can scan a live shark in less.
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This Is The Space Rock Tribute To The Late, Great David Bowie 

David Bowie will live on forever in the outer reaches of our solar system. Since last year, a rock in the main asteroid belt has borne his name — a fitting tribute to the mad, crazy and wonderful artist.
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