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White Storks not bothering to migrate with so much food in rubbish dumps

Storks not migrating and overwintering in rubbish dumps to conserve energy

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Storks are either not migrating at all or flying much shorter distances than they used to. They conserve energy by staying in places made...
sperm whale died on beach in Norfolk

Trapped sperm whale dies on Hunstanton beach in Norfolk after injuring tail

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A 45-foot whale that got stuck in very shallow waters on Friday afternoon (22 January) on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk, died last night,...
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur BBC 1 programme

Biggest ever dinosaur to be presented by David Attenborough on 24 January

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The biggest dinosaur ever to walk the Earth, fourteen times the weight of an African elephant, will be presented by Sir David Attenborough on...
Most fairy tales have been in existence for many thousands of years

Most fairy tales up to 6000 years old predating the Bible and Greek mythology

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Most fairy tales, such as Rumpelstiltskin, Jack and the Beanstalk and Beauty and the Beast, are between four and six thousand years old, predating...

Apple has hired a leading virtual reality (VR) expert, says report

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Apple may have some big plans for virtual reality (VR) in light of a recent report revealing that the tech giant has hired one of...
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Asda and Tesco cut diesel prices to six-year low of 97.7p a litre

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UK retail giants Asda and Tesco have reduced the price of diesel down to 97.7p a litre amid the recent slump in global oil...
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Google paid Apple $1 billion to be the default search engine on iOS devices

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Google paid Apple $1 billion (£701.36 million) in 2014 to be the default search provider on iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads. A Bloomberg report, citing...
Fossilised bones of the Dragon Thief Dracoraptor found in Wales

Welsh Dragon Thief Dinosaur Dracoraptor was related to T rex

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The Welsh Dragon Thief Dinosaur (Dracoraptor hanigani) existed more than 200 million years ago and was a distant cousin of T rex (Tyrannosaurus rex)....
Hawking says a sense of humour is vital

Humans risk extinction if we don’t colonise other planets, says Hawking

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Humans risk extinction, probably from something we created ourselves, if we don’t colonise other planets first, thus spreading ourselves out in space and reducing...
Aliens once existed but they all died off rapidly

Aliens once existed but they all died off say Australian astrobiologists

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Aliens once existed but they all died off, say astrobiologists from the Australian National University (ANU). There has been extraterrestrial life out there, we...