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The mystery of why ancient South American peoples who created the mysterious Nazca Lines also collected human heads as trophies has long puzzled scholars who theorize the heads may have been used in fertility rites, taken from enemies in battle or associated with ancestor veneration.
in Arts & Culture
via EurekAlert! @ 23:44 5th Jan
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Taipei, Dec. 1 (CNA) Heads of prominent science institutes from around the world will meet for a three-day forum beginning Saturday at Taiwan's Academia Sinica in celebration of its 80th anniversary, Chi-Huey Wong, the institute's president, said at a news conference Monday.
in General Science
via MyEGov Taiwan @ 18:40 2nd Dec
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via Shanghai Daily @ 6:12 9th Dec
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WARSAW, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Bank lending in Poland may fall by nearly three quarters this year, leading to a slump in demand unless the authorities take steps to prop up credit growth, the heads of the country's two biggest banks warned on Tuesday.
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via Interactive Investor International @ 4:42 6th Jan
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The ancient South American people who created the mysterious Nazca Lines — enormous etched images of everything from hummingbirds to orcas on the high Nazca Desert in Peru some 1,500 to 2,000 years ago, also happened to be regular collectors of human heads.
in General Science
via LiveScience.com @ 22:34 5th Jan
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New 3-D scans of the skulls of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs reveal the creatures had more empty space inside their heads than previously thought. These air spaces made the skulls light but strong and could have helped dinosaurs breathe, communicate, and hunt.
in Biological Science
via American Scientist @ 12:11 15th Dec
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New 3-D scans of the skulls of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs reveal the creatures had more empty space inside their heads than previously thought.
in Biological Science
via National Geographic @ 21:14 12th Dec
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Yahoo is making good on an early announcement that it would cut 10 percent of its staff by year's end by laying off 1,500 workers
in Top Internet
via InfoWorld @ 18:45 10th Dec
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The First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland are set to meet the bosses of the four main banks in the North to discuss the economic downturn.
in Banking
via Irish World News @ 6:26 16th Dec
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Surrey have confirmed the appointment of former Sussex captain Chris Adams their new professional cricket manager.
in Cricket
via Cricket365.com @ 1:22 12th Dec
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Prominent ICT-lawyer Mike Silber has been nominated as SA's first board member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the US non-profit company that effectively governs Internet address systems.
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via IT Web @ 9:22 10th Dec
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THE INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) convened over the weekend at the Westin Grand Hotel, South Africa for one of its four meetings per year to discuss matters relating to cricket as well as to make recommendations for consideration by the ICC Board’s January meeting.
in Cricket
via Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday @ 17:38 8th Dec
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South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs will undergo a month of rehabilitation for alcohol abuse, ahead of his trial for drunken driving next year, local media reported Thursday.
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via Orange UK @ 1:13 5th Dec
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No stranger to the importance of cut and fold, the Versace designer checks out two little girls' origami efforts
in Celebrities
via Hello! @ 13:33 4th Dec
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It seems the "Desperate Housewives" star has been desperate to keep her habit under wraps - only openly indulging in a cigarette - or several - while she was out of the country this week.
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via New York Daily News @ 13:20 3rd Dec
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via TelephonyWorld.com @ 20:09 2nd Dec
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in Blog Watch
via Viet Nam News @ 0:08 31st Dec
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AS newly elected president of the SA Institute of Architects, Al Stratford‘s vision is crystal clear.
in IP & Patents
via Weekend Post ZA @ 10:04 27th Dec
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Kevin Pietersen (right) shakes hands with India's Yuvraj Singh at the end of the drawn second Test in Mohali
in Cricket
via The Independent @ 21:27 23rd Dec
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Kodak is the latest Blue-chip brand to launch an iPhone app as it hopes to enjoy the same success Flickr, the photo sharing site, has been receiving of late.
in Handhelds
via Photographypress.co.uk @ 17:59 16th Dec
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Sarah Palin lost the elections but she came a winner in Fred Shapiro's list of the Top 10 Quotes brought out in the Yale Book of Quotations.
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via Digital Journal @ 7:12 16th Dec
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via CNN @ 8:46 14th Dec
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