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ON THIS DAY - 1991: Sharman Becomes First Briton in Space
Science & Tech  (tags: on this day, uk, britain, england, space, astronaut, soviet union, woman, first, helen sharman )

Chrissy
- 210 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Britain's first astronaut, 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield, has blasted into orbit. The Soviet Soyuz TM-12 space capsule made a textbook launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan at 1350 BST carrying Miss Sharman an
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Wolfram Alpha "Knowledge Engine" the New Nerd on the Block - World
Science & Tech  (tags: knowledge, wolfram alpha, internet, tech, knowledge engine, search engine, physicist, britain, england, uk )

Chrissy
- 210 days ago - blogs.news.com.au
A NEW site that aims to catalogue "as much of the world's knowledge as possible" and use it to answer every question imaginable has the tech industry buzzing. Developed by British physicist Stephen Wolfram, the Wolfram Alpha "knowledge engine" was this
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ON THIS DAY - 1960: Radio Telescope Makes Space History
Science & Tech  (tags: on this day, telescope, radio telescope, jodrell bank, britain, uk, england, space, universe )

Chrissy
- 276 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The British radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire has set a new space record making contact with the American Pioneer V satellite at a distance of 407,000 miles. The previous record, about 290,000 miles, was set by the Soviet satellite Lunik III, wh
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Britain's Oldest Human Brain Unearthed
Science & Tech  (tags: archaeology, ancient, discovery, history, humans, interesting, investigation, news, research, science, scientists, society, tech, technology, study, world, Iron Age, britain, brain )

SirRobert
- 367 days ago - cnn.com
Archaeologists have discovered what they say is the oldest surviving human brain in Britain, dating back at least 2000 years to the Iron Age.
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104 Products on Shelves Already Contain Toxic 'Grey Goo' By Stealth, Say Friends of the Earth | the Daily Mail
Science & Tech  (tags: nanoparticles, medicine, skin cream, food, dangerous, toxic, products, friends of the earth, europe, uk, britain, drugs, vitamins, anti-bacterial, risk, health, body )

Cissy
- 643 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Potentially toxic chemicals are being incorporated into food, packaging, health supplements and other products by stealth, it is claimed. Manufacturers boast that nanoparticles can deliver drugs or vitamins more effectively, kill harmful bugs in food or
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Ministers Consider UK Astronauts - UK/Britain
Science & Tech  (tags: uk, britain, astronauts, space, exploration )

Chrissy
- 670 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The government is to launch a formal review into whether British astronauts should take part in the international exploration of space. The review has been prompted by growing fears that the UK might lose out in the next wave of space travel.
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