News tagged with britain
Outwit the Grim Reaper by walking faster
Men aged 70 and older can elude the Grim Reaper by walking at speeds of at least 3 miles (or 5km) an hour, finds a study in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal today.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Netflix seeks to raise at least $400 million
Netflix raised $400 million Monday as the video subscription service tries to recover from a customer backlash that has battered its stock and tarnished its brand.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Lost Roman port found in Wales
The remains of a 2000-year-old Roman port have been discovered in south Wales by archaeologists from the University.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Earliest medieval map of Britain put online
A fifteen-month research project of the earliest surviving geographically recognizable map of Great Britain, known as the Gough Map, provides some revealing insights into one of the most enigmatic cartographic ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Scientists find gold in British bogs
The price tag of Britain’s bogs could be set to soar, making them just as valuable as prime farmland.
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Ticks are on the march in Britain
The prevalence of ticks attaching to dogs in Great Britain has been mapped by scientists as part of a national tick survey. The findings reveal that the number of dogs infested with the blood-sucking parasites ...
Mar 23, 2011 |
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British flu death toll hits 39
Britain's flu death toll has risen to 39 since October, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) announced Thursday, with 36 of the fatalities due to swine flu.
Dec 31, 2010 |
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Redrawing the map of Great Britain based on human interaction
A group of researchers at MIT, Cornell University and University College London have used one of the world's largest databases of telecommunications records to redraw the map of Great Britain. The research, ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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A complex of monumental buildings has been located outside the Roman fortress at Caerleon in South Wales
Archaeologists from the University have made a major new discovery that will change the way we think about how Britain was conquered and occupied by the Roman army almost 2,000 years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 12, 2010 |
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'Super-river' formed the English Channel
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Anglo-French scientists studying sedimentary deposits in the Bay of Biscay have concluded that Britain and France were separated by a "super-river" during three periods of glaciations, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ice sheets that sculpted the landscape of northern Britain moved in unexpected ways and left distinctive egg-shaped features according to new research.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Men who do the housework are more likely to get the girl
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford study suggests that if you want to settle down, your chances of getting married or living with someone are probably highest in Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries and the United ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Prevalence of variant CJD agent in Britain remains uncertain
First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) are unable so far to establish that the prevalence is lower than that given by previous estimates, concludes ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Britain
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