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The Huygens space probe has sent back its first set of data about Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, after landing successfully say space scientists. The spacecraft probe had still been transmitting data for over two hours after it had landed they confirmed. “We are the first visitors to Titan,” said an excited Jean-Jacques Dordain, director general …

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A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark, media reported on Tuesday. Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were swimming 300 feet off Ocean Beach near Whangarei on New Zealand’s North Island when the …

Nieuwe mensensoort ontdekt: Homo floresiensis

Groot nieuws vandaag! In de grot Liang Bua op het Indonesische eiland Flores (regio Nussa Tenggara Timur) werd een nieuwe link in de menselijke evolutie ontdekt. Deze vondst werd vandaag bekendgemaakt door een publicatie in Nature en wordt door sommigen gezien als de belangrijkste antropologische ontdekking in de laatste honderd jaar. Aangezien hij op het …

US Scientists prove: not mentioning source equals small penis

Men whose claims on social networking sites are not accompanied by a reference link exhibited a 60 percent higher risk of becoming overweight around their abdomen, and gaining a smaller penis. Lead author of this study, Dr. S. Vogels, an anthropologist with the division of preventive online malpractice at the European Hospital in Brussels, stated: …