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  The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity
...al microscope in the 17th century; - invention of concrete by John Smeaton was placed on the sixth place among the inventions; - the seventh invention in the list was given to the steel processing, found about year 300 B.C. in India; - brass processing in about 5000 B.C. on the present territory of Turkey has taken the eighth entry in the list; - ninth position was taken by the discovery of diffraction of Roentgen ray...
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  Georgia Crisis: Genocide or War for Integrity?
...elationships with the US, as well as with other countries from the European Community." The first wave of criticism arrived from the Georgian permanent representative to the U.N. Irakli Alasania, who called the actions of the 58th army, which pushes Georgian troops away from South Ossetia, "full-scale occupation of Georgia". He said that Russian troops are killing civilians and the Georgian government. The secretar...
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  Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade
...d corresponds completely with the goal set by the president 5 years ago, that is: the carbon dioxide emissions should not grow faster than the economy. The president's views have found supporters, who also think that the emissions will always grow in a country with a constant economic growth. One of such supporters is Mr. Myron Ebell, a member of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a group of industries that fight fo...
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  Only Diplomatic Means Are Allowed to Solve the Iranian Nuclear Issue
...Vladimir Putin has once again confirmed his point of view on the Iranian nuclear issue. He said that no other means other than diplomatic should be used to solve the conflict around the Iranian nuclear program. On the press-conference, where the President of Russia and Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, have concluded their official meeting, Putin stated that the same diplomatic means should be also used in resolvin...
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  5th Space Tourist Has Left the Atmosphere
...-10" has started today from Baikonur with the crew of the 15th ISS expedition on board. One of the passengers of the spacecraft was the 5th ever space tourist - Charles Simonyi, one of Microsoft's co-founders. The rocket was launched as planned, at 21.31 Moscow Time (0.31 UTC). At 21.39 Moscow Time (0.39 UTC) the spacecraft should have released from the carrier Soyuz-FG, as stated by one of the officials from Russian Fli...
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  BREAKING: The Virginia Tech Shooter Identified
...Cho Seung Hui - the man, who was officially identified as the shooter at the Virginia Tech University, on Monday, April 16th, 2007 (Credit: AP)ABC News reported that there was information about the shooters identity. After matching the fingerprints of the suspect and the ones on the firearms, it was confirmed that the person starting the massacre was Cho Seung Hui, a senior student of South Korean origin. The young man w...
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  New students forced to take pregnancy tests
... semester students. The Beijing News said that in case a student with an abnormal result is found, the school's doctors will instantly report on this to the student board. A part of students who tested positive left the college by themselves and others were asked to leave. According to the paper some had borrowed urine from their classmates in order to pass the tests with negative results. One of the new stud...
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  Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming
...fact: they will disappear with the ice they live on. 8. The blooming ices While everyone is concerned with the effects of the global warming across the places of human living, we forgot about those who live and bloom in the Arctic. Since the flora we used to see around us experienced difficulties, plants in the Arctic enjoy more and longer sun baths per year and since their usual habitat was 'under ice', they are eager ...
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  Fake Goods - Socially Acceptable Among British
... the availability of fake Burberry goods has gradually declined as the company's designers are no longer focused at the Burberry check, and they have built a strong Intellectual Property team. As found by the study, about 1 million people acquired a fake Louis Vuitton product. Louis Vuitton, French luxury goods producer, is highly appreciated around the globe for its handbags, purses and luggage. The majority of sh...
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  Better Bras for Women - Hong-Kong Researchers Say They Did It
...t and over it. However, researchers from Hong-Kong developed an absolutely new system for measuring breast, which should widen the choice for bra sizes. Researchers said that this new mathematically found algorithm would make underwear more comfortable and would make the clothes look and feel better. Despite the direction towards Chinese women, the research is due to help women worldwide to wear more comfortable bras, if...
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  Underfed Embryo Could Result in Adult Obesity, Study Says
...New-Zealand researchers claim they have found one more reason for why some people are exposed to gain weight faster than others. The study of the Oakland University researchers showed that while in the womb the fetus analyzes the amount of nutrient materials it is being supplied with to evaluate a possible environment it will be in after the birth. Thus the fetus prematurely adapts itself to the future, and possible, cond...
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  London is among the most unsatisfied cities in the EU
...faster find a good job and a cheap home. The happiest cities proved to be the capitals of Denmark, Luxembourg and Estonia (Copenhagen, Luxembourg and Tallinn), whereas the most unhappy citizens were found in Athens, Bucharest and London, capital cities of Greece, Romania and England. Here people were mostly unsatisfied with conditions of their life. Prague, Copenhagen and Dublin are the three cities to provide the best ...
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  NASA's Rovers Threatened by Martian Dust Storm
...ortunity and Spirit were positioned to study some of the planet's most mysterious targets. Opportunity began its mission to descend the steep slopes of the Victoria Crater on Mars and study the rocks found in its crater walls. It took years to get to Victoria Crater. Spirit has been close to the Home Plate feature. The rover is meant to study the layered outcrops. It is to be outlined that the layered outcrops can rev...
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  Scientists Found a Way to Store and Erase Memories Long After Their Formation
...what really happens inside our brain when we try to remember something and are our memories recorded in a stable physical change, like writing a permanent inscription on a clay tablet. Scientists found that the process, during which a person stores long-term memories, is in fact much more dynamic. This process involves a small molecular machine that in its turn must run constantly in order to keep one's memories going...
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  Pingdom Published Results of Google's Sites' Stability
... 2006 and September the 1st, 2007 in 32 countries, where Google is the leading provider of Internet search, Google's main page was unavailable from 3 to 48 minutes. Google's search in Brazil was found as most stable, since during the researched period of time (1 year), it was unavailable for only 3 minutes, whereas the US page was unavailable for about 30 minutes. A satisfactory stability of Google's regional rep...
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