France's anti-piracy goon squad pirates the font in its logo Boing Boing Hapodi, the French agency that's in charge of the country's new anti-piracy scheme (if someone you live with is accused of three acts
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British plan to tackle asteroids A team of British scientists are developing plans for a spacecraft that could stop large asteroids from destroying the Earth. The 10 tonne "gravity tractor" would deflect any orbiting rocks
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I was born about six weeks before the first lunar landing. Yes, that was nearly 40 years ago. 40 years! Despite my birth happening around probably the most exciting event in the history of science
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Minister won't confirm belief in evolution Canada's science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won't say if he believes in evolution. “I'm not going to answer
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Technology designed to 'attack' us | Platform - Open University - In a talk at The Open University on Thursday 26 February, Canadian activist, blogger and science fiction author Cory Doctorow stated that technology needs
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Novelist Pratchett becomes a Sir - Author Terry Pratchett has been knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace for services to literature. Sir Terry, 60, was named in the New Year Honours list. Wonder twins
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NABBC National Convention - A bright but cold morning recently greeted the delegates for the 2009 National Convention of the National Association of Brass Band conductors (NABBC) at their convention venue in Lincoln. Our band
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