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Pluto flyby data will be used to create art for Museum exhibition
Data from a Pluto flyby to be turned into art.
15 July 2015 -
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Opals on Mars could hold a record of ancient life
A special kind of opal that can trap microbes on Earth has been found in a Martian meteorite, suggesting a new target in the search for signs of life on Mars.
10 July 2015 -
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Amazonian artwork by pioneers of evolutionary theory now online
Scientific artwork by Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates - two of the most important nineteenth-century biologists and natural history collectors - is available online for the first time.
7 July 2015 -
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Shining seaweeds reveal the secret to their iridescence
The common British seaweed Irish moss displays a blue shine using unique structures that bend light, according to a new study.
3 July 2015 -
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Long-distance spiders can sail across the high seas
Spiders strike elaborate poses to catch the breeze and sail across salty and turbulent waters, reaching new lands quickly.
3 July 2015 -
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Cave centipede from hell is the deepest-dwelling ever discovered
Found up to 1,100 metres below the surface, the record-breaking centipede has been given the name Geophilus hadesi, after Hades, the Greek god of the underworld.
1 July 2015