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The sinking of the RMS Titanic caused the deaths of 1,517 of its 2,229 passengers and crew (official numbers vary slightly) in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The 712 survivors were taken aboard the RMS Carpathia. Few disasters have had such resonance and...

After cutting a destructive path through the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage along the East Coast this week. Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey and brought with it major flooding, travel disruption, structural damage, and power outages. New York City was especially...

Cheetah the chimpanzee, who starred in the Tarzan movies, has died aged 80. http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16138538

Targeted violence against females, dismal healthcare and desperate poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country in which to be born a woman, with Congo a close second due to horrific levels of rape. Pakistan, India and Somalia ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the...

A large, rogue red kangaroo has attacked a 94-year-old woman in her garden in Queensland, Australia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14287357

When Atlantis touched down yesterday at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the high-flying era of the space shuttles came down to earth as well. After 30 years, the shuttle program, which began on April 12, 1981 with Colombia, has ended with the 135th mission. Atlantis delivered the Raffaello multi-purpose...

The idea that human ancestors were using stone tools about 3.4 million years ago has been challenged by a Spanish-led team of researchers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11756602

Scientists have discovered a tiny new species of bat in the western slopes of the Andes in northwestern Ecuador. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9185000/9185699.stm The little brown bat weighs just 3.5g. awwwww bless

Yesterday marked the start of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said that a record number of Muslims were expected to make the Hajj this year - over 3.4 million anticipated over the five days of the pilgrimage. One of the pillars of Islamic...

'No excuses' from Audley Harrison after stoppage Audley Harrison says he did not have a chance to implement his game plan as David Haye landed a "good shot" in the third round to stop their WBA world heavyweight title bout in Manchester. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/9188022.stm...

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It is a mystery that has long puzzled cat lovers: exactly how do their feline companions lap up liquids so elegantly? Now, with the help of high-speed cameras and a pet cat, a team of researchers think they have the answer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11717510 The...

Earlier today, in Guangzhou, China, the Opening Ceremony for the 16th Asian Games took place, with lavish stagecraft, costumes, fireworks and performers welcoming participants. Some 14,000 athletes from 45 countries and territories will compete in 42 sporting disciplines until November 27...

Palaeontologists have identified the oldest known dinosaur embryos, belonging to a species that lived some 190 million years ago. The eggs of Massospondylus, containing well-perserved embryos, were unearthed in South Africa back in 1976. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11734616

A vase found in a house clearance in London has been sold for £43m, thought to be a record for any Chinese artwork. The 18th Century Qianlong porcelain piece, found in Pinner, had been estimated to fetch up to £1.2m for the brother and sister who inherited it...

Dino De Laurentiis, legendary producer of such cult films as Flash Gordon and Dune, has died in Los Angeles aged 91, his family has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11734039

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With dozens of spacecraft currently orbiting, roving or otherwise and traveling through our solar system, I thought it would be interesting to get a general snapshot in time, using images from NASA and ESA spacecraft near Mercury, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and a few in-transit to further...

Scientists have found a bushcricket species with testicles that account for up to 14% of its body weight. It is the animal with the biggest testicles in relation to its body weight, they write in Biology Letters. In a study of their mating strategies, the team found they release only small...

A prison in Russia says it is to install sunbeds and other facilities to improve the health of its inmates. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11723209

British lives were saved by the use of information obtained from terrorist suspects by "waterboarding", according to former US President George W Bush. In his memoir, he said the simulated drowning technique helped break plots on Heathrow Airport and Canary Wharf. Number 10 declined to comment...

The illegal trade in tiger parts has led to more than 1,000 wild tigers being killed over the past decade, a report suggests. Traffic International, a wildlife trade monitoring network, found that skins, bones and claws were among the most common items seized by officials. The trade continues...

Unravelling the secrets of the eight-legged world The sight of incey wincey's legs poking out of a dark spidery lair can send even the toughest wildlife enthusiast screaming for the hills. Spiders have a reputation as deadly killers, but in the UK at least, this is only true if you are an...

Since its initial eruptions on October 25th, Indonesia's Mount Merapi continues to spew hot gases and ash as far as 5,000 meters into the atmosphere, wreaking havoc on surrounding villages and farms, and disrupting air travel - and more than 140 people have been killed by the eruptions over the...

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A female boa constrictor snake has given birth to two litters of extraordinary offspring. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9139000/9139971.stm

Move as millions, survive as one. That is the subtitle to the new seven-part television series from National Geographic called "Great Migrations". Animals great and small are on the move around the world, chasing resources in dangerous journeys that might take mere hours or span generations. To...

The Nikon International Small World Photomicrography Competition recently announced its list of winners for 2010. The competition began in 1974 as a means to recognize and applaud the efforts of those involved with photography through the light microscope. Peering into the small worlds of...

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A cat has escaped with all nine of its lives after being superglued to a highway in the US http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Timothy-The-Cat-Survives-With-All-Nine-Lives-After-Being-Superglued-To-An-American-Highway/Article/200912315505598

Four rare Northern White rhinos have been flown from a Czech zoo to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8423243.stm

Call it what you will, "the noughties", "the two-thousands" or something else, the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2009) is now over. Looking back on the past ten years through news photographs, it becomes clear that it was a dramatic, often brutal decade. Natural disasters, terrorist...

The Moon has the coldest place in the Solar System measured by a spacecraft. Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its Diviner instrument to probe the insides of permanently shadowed craters on Earth's satellite. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8416749.stm

team of archaeologists and scientists says it has, for the first time, found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb in Jerusalem. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the US, said the shroud was very different from the controversial Turin...

The year 2009 is now coming to a close, and it's time to take a look back over the past 12 months through photographs. Historic elections were held in Iran, India and the United States, some wars wound down while others escalated, China turned 60, and the Berlin Wall was remembered 20 years...

The most complete and most detailed atlas of Mercury has been assembled. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8415421.stm

The first images have been revealed from a telescope that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other. The Vista (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is dedicated to mapping the sky in infrared light. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8407834.stm

The methane found on Mars is not brought to the planet by meteor strikes, scientists say. Meteoritic material subjected to high temperatures did not release enough methane to account for the amount believed to be released on Mars. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8402741.stm

Astronomers have published an image of the coolest planet outside our solar system that has been pictured directly. The new find is more similar to our own Solar System than prior pictured exoplanets, in terms of the parent star's type and the planet's size...

A colony of huge cave spiders are finally heading home after 10 years. The spiders have been squatting in a disused building in the Yorkshire Dales after escaping from a nearby cave, hidden in scientists' equipment. :eek::eek::eek...

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After departing Athens, Greece on October 30th, the Olympic Flame has been traveling across Canada, now about 1/3 of the way into its 106-day, 26,000 km overland relay (another 18,000 km by air). Over 12,000 torch-bearers will carry the flame along a winding path covering all of Canada, passing...

This summer, Glacier Park Magazine editor Chris Peterson undertook a photographic project to take photos of Montana's Glacier National Park over 100 consecutive days, starting on May 1, 2009, for a traveling photo show in 2010 to commemorate Glacier's Centennial. He used a mix of film and...

For female giant pandas who can only conceive on a few days once a year, being able to say "when" is vital. Now a report reveals that female giant pandas use chirp calls to inform male pandas exactly how fertile they are. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8388000/8388484.stm

Once more, we enter the month of December and the traditional western Holiday Season, and once again, I'd like to present a Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar for 2009. Keep checking this page, because every day, for the next 25 days, a new photo will be revealed here from the Hubble...