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The crustacean - called a supergiant - is a type of amphipod, which are normally around 2-3 cm long

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A “supergiant” crustacean has been found lurking 7 km down in the waters of the Kermadec Trench off New Zealand. The crustacean - called a...
A huge Burmese python was caught by rangers in Everglades, Florida, before it could lay eggs containing the 59 super-predators inside her

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A huge Burmese python was caught by rangers in Everglades, Florida, before it could lay eggs containing the 59 super-predators inside her. The image was...
Astronomers from European Southern Observatory in La Silla Paranal, Chile, South America, have found a planet which is one of the best candidates for life ever found by telescopes on Earth

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Astronomers from European Southern Observatory (ESO) have found a planet which is one of the best candidates for life ever found by telescopes on Earth. The...
Xoliswa Ndoyiya's book includes more than 62 recipes for the simple traditional dishes that Nelson Mandela most enjoys

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Nelson Mandela's personal chef presents some of the statesman's favorite meals in a cookbook she has launched in South Africa. Xoliswa Ndoyiya's book includes more than 62...
Chemosat and metastatic liver cancer

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Hepatic Chemosat Delivery System was used to treat the first patients at the European Institute of Oncology (Instituto Europeo di Oncologia – IEO), Milan,...

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The authors of a new study say women's sex drives gradually ebb over time while a man's stays at around the same level. In fact,...
First Lady Michelle Obama was challenged to a push-up contest on Ellen DeGeneres show during her California tour for promoting her health agenda

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First Lady Michelle Obama was challenged to a push-up contest on Ellen DeGeneres show during her California tour for promoting her health agenda. The challenge...

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A new virus is threatening PCs via emails which infect PCs without the user having to open an attachment. The user will not even be...
In a newly revealed testimony, Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt Cobain’s daughter, accused her mother Courtney Love of causing the death of their family pets

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In a newly revealed testimony, Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt Cobain’s daughter, accused her mother Courtney Love of causing the death of their family pets. Frances...
The Art Newspaper said the removal of the black paint on the replica had revealed "the fine details of the delicate Tuscan landscape", which mirrors the background of Leonardo's masterpiece

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An artwork thought to be the earliest replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa has been discovered at Madrid's Prado Museum. Prado Museum said it...
Egyptian authorities declared three days of national mourning after at least 74 people died in clashes between rival football fans in the city of Port Said

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Egyptian authorities declared three days of national mourning after at least 74 people died in clashes between rival football fans in the city of...
Recordings of the conversations between Air Force One and the White House communications office immediately after President John F. Kennedy assassination were made public this week

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Recordings of the conversations between Air Force One and the White House communications office immediately after President John F. Kennedy assassination were made public...
At least 73 supporters have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said

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At least 73 supporters have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said. The supporters have...
A research team from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, suggests that women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures in later life, particularly if they smoke

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A research team from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, suggests that women who take certain ulcer drugs have a small increased risk of hip fractures...
About one million packets of Pfizer contraceptive pills are being recalled in the US, as they might not prevent pregnancy

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About one million packets of Pfizer contraceptive pills are being recalled in the US, as they might not prevent pregnancy. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer said...
Prostate cancer and vigorous exercise

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Exercise has beneficial influence on over 180 genes, including those that repair DNA and suppress tumor growth, and this might lead to prevention or...
ASA banned magazine advertisement for L’Oreal’s Revitalift Repair 10 in which Rachel Weisz appeared with perfectly smooth skin

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Advertising Standards Authority(ASA) in UK has announced a ban on the magazine advertisement for L’Oreal’s Revitalift Repair 10 in which Rachel Weisz appeared with...
Manrico Giampedroni was the last person to be rescued from Italy's shipwrecked Costa Concordia after 36 hours and he said he pounded on a wall with a frying pan to alert rescuers

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Manrico Giampedroni was the last person to be rescued from Italy's shipwrecked Costa Concordia after 36 hours and he said he pounded on a...
The Mashco-Piro is one of around just 100 known uncontacted tribes and its members live a traditional life in the Peruvian forests and have little or no outside contact with the world

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The incredible pictures of an isolated Amazon tribe are the most detailed ever recorded of a previously uncontacted Indian tribe in the remote forests...
Researchers claim those who drink diet soft drinks are 43 percent more likely to have heart attacks, vascular disease or strokes than those who have none

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Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center say that drinking just a single can of diet...
Irish artist Frank Buckley decided to express his anger about the property boom and bust by building a house from more than a billion Euros of decommissioned notes

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Irish artist Frank Buckley decided to express his anger about the property boom and bust by building a house from more than a billion...
The scientists at UC Berkley were even able to reconstruct some of the words, turning the brain waves they saw back into sound on the basis of what the computer model suggested those waves meant

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Scientists at University of California Berkeley have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those...
Kristen Bell

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Kristen Bell had a special guest at her last summer birthday party, her favorite animal, a sloth. The actress appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"...
Troops in Romania were deployed last week to rescue those stranded in cars by blizzards

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At least 60 deaths are reported in eastern and central Europe due to freezing conditions caused by a cold snap over the last days. Low...