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20 Nov 2009
Top Story: Cosmic Quest
By Heather Couper
There have been three great revolutions which have shaped our view of the heavens and our place in the Cosmos – and we are currently living through the turmoil of the third period of astronomical breakthrough. I’m sure I speak for many...
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> Ancient Chinese Astronomy: New insights from old information
There have been three great revolutions which have shaped our view of the heavens and our place in the Cosmos – and we are currently living through the turmoil of the third period of astronomical breakthrough. I’m sure I speak for many...
> Read this article
> Life off Earth - Do Aliens Exist?
> Exploring the Invisible Universe - Chandra X-ray Telescope
> Ancient Chinese Astronomy: New insights from old information
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The 'Ides of March'... In January?
It's one of Shakespeare's most memorable phrases... Julius Caesar is told by a soothsayer that...
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Death of the Dinosaurs
There was a time when dinosaurs thrived on Earth… What caused their...
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Featured Poem
from An Essay on Man
By Alexander Pope
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of Mankind is Man.Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle...
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from An Essay on Man
By Alexander Pope
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of Mankind is Man.Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle...
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Facts
The Babylonians lived in Mesopotamia, a fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. They developed an abstract form of writing based on cuneiform (wedge-shaped) symbols. Their symbols were written on wet clay tablets which were baked in the sun; many thousands of these tablets have survived to this day.> More facts
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Ancient Plants Among Us!
Photo credit: Elly Vaes 200 year-old seeds were found in the notebook of a Dutch...
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