Plastic from plants

A new biodegradable plastic has been developed from an unlikely source - wheat.The wheat starch plastic has similar properties to conventional plastic, but it will break down in the compost heap in 40 to 50 days. » Read more

Found: the missing circuit element

Described in 1971, made in 2008: ‘memristors’ promise a computer revolution.
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Mystery Of Ancient Supercontinent’s Demise Revealed

In a paper published in Geophysical Journal International, Dr Graeme Eagles from the Earth Sciences Department at Royal Holloway, University of London, reveals how one of the largest continents ever to exist met its demise.
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Scientists stunned by ‘jewellery box’ find in Fiji

Archeologists have made what they call an incredible find in Fiji - a 3000 year old pot containing jewellery from the South Pacific’s original people.
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One Nation Under CCTV

One Nation Under CCTV
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Three Things To Think About

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
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12,000 Year old discovery in Turkey could shake up theory of human development

As a child, Klaus Schmidt used to grub around in caves in his native Germany in the hope of finding prehistoric paintings. Thirty years later, representing the German Archaeological Institute, he found something infinitely more important — a temple complex almost twice as old as anything comparable on the planet.
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Rare Mayan Textiles suggest they used advanced techniques

Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement.
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U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars

Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups.

David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, is to brief the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest findings are unlikely to have a significant impact on this week’s proceedings but could stoke anti-incumbent sentiment in this year of presidential and legislative elections.
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600 Quakes In Ten Days Off Oregon Coast

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Scientists listening to underwater microphones have detected an unusual swarm of earthquakes off the central Oregon Coast.
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