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Philae makes historic landing on comet 510 million kilometers away. Anchoring system fails. Are unexpected site conditions to be blamed for failure to anchor?
The European Space Agency made history yesterday by successfully landing Philae to Comet 67P. Philae was carried by the Roseta spacecraft that traveled for more than 10 years until it reached its dest...
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Landslides and earthquakes to be correlated, according to recent study
A recently published study demonstrates that earthquakes instead of climate change as previously thought, have an effect on the rate of landslides in Peru. The particular findings were published in Na...
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Video: A 2,000 year old tunnel and its ancient mysteries in Teotihuacan, Mexico
More than a decade after the initial discovery of a secret tunnel underneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan, researchers have unearthed many ritual objects from a location that may be a royal tomb. W...
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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country
Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...
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Photo gallery: The flood damage to Kashmir's cultural heritage
The recently and extensively flooded region of Kashmir is still trying to recover from the disaster and starts evaluating the induced damage particularly to its cultural heritage. Some of the most his...
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Richat: The Giant Blue Eye of Africa
The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or blue eye of Africa, is a peculiar geological formation in the Sahara desert in Mauritania near Ouadane. Due to its size, the Eye...
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Video and photo-gallery: 25 years from the Loma Prieta Earthquake
On Friday October 17th, 25 years have passed from the devastating - magnitude 6.9 - Loma Prieta earthquake. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the earthquake, which killed 63 people and left thous...
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Photos: Invisible cave discovered in Slovakia
Three Slovakian hikers claim to have found an unexplored cave, while walking in the forest close to the village of Borka in Slovakia. One of them, photographer Robert Nemeti took pictures from inside...
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Video of the shrinking Aral Sea: the detrimental effects of an irrigation project
The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world is today rapidly shrinking, as a result of the diversion of the two major rivers feeding it, back in the '60s. The effects of the Aral Sea desic...
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Costa Rica's 70 most destructive earthquakes at a glance!
Being along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", Costa Rica has been often hit by destructive earthquakes causing extensive damages and many casualties. The country's National Seismological Network (RSN) has b...
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