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Weird water lurking inside giant planets
2nd September 2010, 13:51
A form of water deep within Uranus and Neptune may behave like a liquid and a solid simultaneously, explaining the planets' bizarre magnetic fields
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Swine flu drug in narcolepsy probe
2nd September 2010, 11:34
Fifteen children in Finland were diagnosed with narcolepsy after receiving swine flu vaccine – but it could have occurred by chance
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Creation was Godless says Hawking
2nd September 2010, 08:18
There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, Professor Stephen Hawking concludes in a new book.
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Rare Roman lantern found in field
2nd September 2010, 07:20
A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.
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Making money from Peruvian bird poo
2nd September 2010, 05:24
An island off Peru is making money from selling bird poo to use as organic fertiliser.
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Hurricane prompts US evacuations
2nd September 2010, 04:07
Evacuations begin in areas of the US East Coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl, which has strengthened to a category four storm again.
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Weather clash causes snowy winter
2nd September 2010, 00:34
The collision of two major weather events can explain unusually large snowfall in the US and Northern Europe, researchers say.
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Greatest free-kick 'was no fluke'
2nd September 2010, 00:15
Physicists explain one of football's most spectacular free-kicks, showing that Roberto Carlos's 1997 "impossible goal" was not a fluke.
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'Brain training' may just hide symptoms of dementia
1st September 2010, 20:00
People who engage in mental challenges may stave off symptoms of Alzheimer's, but decline more quickly if subsequently diagnosed
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Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
1st September 2010, 17:46
Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.
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