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Golden eagles: Picture shows bird of prey soaring away clutching a KNIFE | Mail Online

A forgetful photographer had the shock of his life when this soaring golden eagle made off with his knife.

Praying mantis hijacks picture of spider in ultimate 'photobomb' | Metro.co.uk

A praying mantis invades a snapshot of a spider... and becomes a prying mantis in the process.

The next digital image revolution? - Yahoo! News

It's hard to overstate the impact of digital photography. Over the last two decades, virtually every aspect of how we take, keep and share photos has been transformed. But despite the explosive innovation around digital picture-taking, the end result has actually changed very l …

How the Ancient Egyptians understood binary stars 3,200 years ago - and their calculations have helped solve a modern dilemma | Mail Online

Startling evidence suggests the ancient Egyptians understood the inner mechanics of a binary star system, spinning through our skies 93 light years away, more than 3,200 years ago.

Ancient Mayan workshop for astronomers discovered - Yahoo! News

Archaeologists have found a small room in Mayan ruins where royal scribes apparently used walls like a blackboard to keep track of astronomical records and the society's intricate calendar some 1,200 years ago.

Bionic Eye: Blind Man Chris James Sees After Operation Gives Rudimentary Vision | UK News | Sky News

A blind man has had a bionic eye implant that gives him rudimentary vision. Chris James, who had been totally blind for more than 20 years, is the first British patient to be fitted with a digital chip similar to those used in mobile phone cameras.

So long, and thanks for all the fish! Dolphins help Brazilian fisherman catch their prey, then swim off (but what's in it for them?) | Mail Online

Dolphins have started lending a hand (or fin) to a small group of fishermen in Brazil. The startling human-dolphin relationship occurs in Laguna, Brazil, where the bottlenose dolphins will herd mullet fish towards the fishermen and then - with a flick of their heads and tails  …

Organ donation: Making it a thing of the past - the British lab growing human spare parts

Don’t panic, this isn’t a severed human ear – but one that’s been grown in a laboratory at Britain’s remarkable new human body parts store

The heart that healed itself: Mother, 20, avoids transplant thanks to pioneering device | Mail Online

When Stevie Caffrey collapsed only days after giving birth, doctors warned she would die without a heart transplant.

Pandemic Potential? Bird Flu Becomes Airborne With Just 4 Mutations - Yahoo! News

Bird flu can be transmitted between mammals — and possible humans — needing only four mutations to do so, a new study published this week in the journal Nature suggests. But the mutant virus is not deadly, and the work could show virologists how to combat others lik …

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