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Father Christmas \'buried in Ireland\'
The remains of St Nicholas, the man who inspired Father Christmas, are buried at Jerpoint Abbey in County Kilkenny, Ireland, historians believe.Experts claim that the philanthropist St Nicholas of Myra is entombed at the 12th century abbey after his ...
Scientists unveil world\'s first bionic fingers
Experts have unveiled what they claim are the world's first bionic fingers which they hope will transform the lives of people with missing digits.The motor-powered ProDigits have been developed by Touch Bionics, the Livingston, West Lothian company w...
\'Jesus-Era\' Burial Cloth Casts Doubt on Turin Shroud
An international team of researchers has found fragments of a burial shroud that cast serious doubt on the Turin shroud, the controversial linen cloth venerated by many Catholics as the proof that Christ was resurrected from the grave.Full article by...
Indian scientists claim signs of life detected on the Moon
Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) are on the brink of a path-breaking discovery. They may have found signs of life in some form or the other on the Moon.They believe so because scientific instruments on India's first unmanne...
Coconut-carrying octopus
Veined Octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, showing sophisticated tool use behaviour. Footage shot by Dr Julian Finn of Museum Victoria....
Alice\'s adventures in algebra: Wonderland solved
What would Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland be without the Cheshire Cat, the trial, the Duchess's baby or the Mad Hatter's tea party? Look at the original story that the author told Alice Liddell and her two sisters one day during ...
