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But it had taken Pusch and Bietak years of excavation just to unearth the garrison. At this rate of digging ,it would take hundreds of years to prove if they had truly found the site of Piramesse. And so they turned, instead, to a new technology tha

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This is Scientific American's Sixty Seconds Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? To monitor the biodiversity of the freshwater habitat, you could compare by the water and count the rare wildlife. Or you could just scoop up a cup of water. A ne

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Youre not under arrest, despite the fact that you probably have some drugs in your pocket. Because theres a good chance your paper money contains trace amounts of cocaine. According to a study presented August 16th at the American Chemical Societys n

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We tend to think of cavemen as pretty serious carnivores, hunting game and then roasting the yummy bits over a roaring campfire. But scientists just reported discovering traces of starch on some ancient stone tools. Which suggests that there were pro

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1. A battle for energy in the pursuit of the White House. In Iowa, President Obama blasts Mitt Romney for opposing tax supports for wind power. In Ohio, Romney came out in support of coal as a home-grown energy source. 2. An attorney for the family o

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voa标准英语2008-US Expects "Difficult" Beijing Talks on North Ko

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The leading U.S. diplomat conducting talks with North Korea and its neighbors on the nation's nuclear program says verification will be the most important aspect of the effort to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula. Assistant Secretary o

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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 16 July 2007 Nepalese Maoist rebels train at a camp in Makwanpur, south of Kathmandu (File) Nepal's former Maoist rebels are refusing to allow United Nations officials to continue verifications called for in the agreement t

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