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iol scitech may 24 cave paintings
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Thousands of cave paintings found in Mexico

The ancient artwork was discovered in 11 different sites in the caves and mountain gaps in the state of Tamaulipas.

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iol scitech may 24 Mideast Israel Mystery Stones
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Mystery structure an archaeologist's dream

It's thousands of years old - a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored.

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iol scitech may 23 Winston Churchill
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How Churchill, Stalin went on 8-hour binge

They clearly got on well, but judging by one account, it’s a wonder either of them could remember anything about it.

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This photo released by the National Institute of History and Anthropology (INAH) in Mexico, shows cave paintings found in the San Carlos mountain range.

Thousands of cave paintings found in Mexico
May 24 2013 at 15:30

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The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters, was found through a sonar scan at the bottom of the Sea of Galilee in 2003.

Mystery structure an archaeologist's dream
May 24 2013 at 09:01

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Undated picture of Sir Winston Churchill making the victory sign.

How Churchill, Stalin went on 8-hour binge
May 23 2013 at 09:18

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Replica of Homo sapiens idaltu, 160 000 years ago in Ethiopea, Afar Region, Herto Village, is displayed at the Africa Pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition.

Climate change boosted 'Man's evolution'
May 22 2013 at 09:40

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If it is found that the continental rock upon which Mauritius rests extends to the Seychelles.

Are islands fragments of ancient continents?
May 21 2013 at 15:30

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Now a World Heritage ruin, Kilwa was once a flourishing trade port and in the 13th to 16th centuries had links to India.

The find that could rewrite Australian history
May 21 2013 at 09:39

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The scientists plan to analyse it for signs of life, which could help to develop techniques for finding extra-terrestrial life living within underground pockets of water on either Mars (pictured) or Europa.

Bubbling up after 2.7 billion years
May 19 2013 at 09:00

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Scientists found that shared parental duties were handed down from small meat-eating theropod dinosaurs such as troodon (pictured) and oviraptor to modern birds, to which they are distantly related.

The caring side of dinosaur dads
May 17 2013 at 18:00

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Kooteninchela deppi, a 505-million-year-old distant ancestor of lobsters and scorpions, has been named for Depp's famous portrayal of a gentle freak named Edward Scissorhands in the 1990 eponymous film.

Creepy-crawly named after Depp
May 17 2013 at 08:57

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'At times it can be a bit like reading Shades of Grey. The fact that my father was married and had to get a divorce makes it so exciting.'

The saucy love letters of wartime sweethearts
May 16 2013 at 09:12

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