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Attention parents: Just in case your children don't have anything to talk about in therapy, here's something you might want to consider: Dominic Deville rents himself out as an "evil birthday clown" who leaves scary notes for your children,...
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A scientific ghost town is to be built in New Mexico featuring next-generation technology — but no people.
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A Chinese man saved a rare monkey by making it defecate a poisonous peanut.
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It takes a gutsy insect to sneak up on a huge dinosaur while it sleeps, crawl onto its soft underbelly and give it a bite that might have felt like a needle going in -- but giant "flea-like" animals, possibly the oldest of their type ever...
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A tiny microorganism found in Norwegian lake sludge may be related to the very oldest life forms on this planet, a possible modern cousin of our earliest common ancestor. It is not a fungus, alga, parasite, plant or animal, yet it has features associated with other kingdoms of life. It could be a founding member of the newest kingdom on the tree of life, scientists said.
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A German artist who planned to strangle two puppies to death on stage in a Berlin theatre has been told that highlighting the plight of sled dogs in Alaska is not a good enough reason to kill the dogs.
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Anger as 'Cher' tries to sell Adelaide key on eBay...
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By Dan Smith, Wired UKMusic composer and network engineer Domenico Vicinanza has brought together his two loves by making music from the par...
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Based on the motions of nearby stars, the invisible substance isn't "where we needed it" to match current theories, a new study says.
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Jo Wollacott, from Bridport, Dorset, thought her terrible time was the result of back luck, until she discovered a bracelet she'd been wearing contained a dangerous toxin.
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Biologists has found that a wide range of nematodes, or roundworms, communicate using a recently discovered class of chemical cues.
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Animal behaviour | For some scientists, an academic career can feel like crawling into a tower of crap.
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Mallory Kievman is building a company to market her cure for hiccups.
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Experts have long debated whether the sophisticated animal drawings in a famous French cave are indeed the oldest of their kind in the world, and a study out Monday suggests that yes, they are.
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UK paintballing company offers punters the chance to chase after a human dressed up as a fox...
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On June 5 and 6, millions of people worldwide will be able to spot Venus crossing the Sun's face in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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Researchers discovered a new type of bee in New York City that feeds on sweat and uses humans as a salt-lick.
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Japan's health ministry is to launch an investigation into bath-time fatalities after it was estimated that 14,000 people die every year in the tub - three times as many as those who died in car accidents.
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Locals in a town in southern Kazakhstan sacrificed a white camel in a bid to end a suicide epidemic blamed on an evil spirit, regional Otyrar television reported.
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We've discussed the stupidity of privacy policies many times in the past. Honestly, it's an idea that serves no useful purpose, yet most sites are required to have one, and if you don't, people get all upset.
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Women took to the gladiatorial arena too, according to a new study of a scantily clad bronze statue from ancient Rome.
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"We are aware that there is a store in Dubai that purports to be part of our group," the UK retailer said. "Primark does not operate any stores there and this is not, therefore, a legitimate Primark store. The company is considering its legal options as a matter of urgency."
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Following taunts about his looks, Kenichi Ito from Tokyo spent over eight years learning to run like a monkey.
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Japanese scientists were able to cultivate mouse, human hair follicles and successfully transplant them on a bald rodent Read more by Michelle Castillo on CBS News' HealthPop.
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