"Standing at 59cm tall, if Koda the horse wants an equal he has to turn to the veternary cat for company.The 'American miniature' horse - who suffers the double-whammy of being born a dwarf - has had a bout of...
"When the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) begins smashing protons together this fall inside its 17-mile- (27-kilometer-) circumference underground particle racetrack near Geneva, Switzerland, it will usher in a new era not only of physics but also of computing. Before the...
created by nukemdomis | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 475 views | 11 recommendations | 6 comments
Celestial bodies are most often named after Greek and Roman gods, but Mount Olympus only has so many residents. So what is an astronomer to do when he or she discovers something new out in the void of space? The answer lies not off the coast of the Aegean, but in the South...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can only assume it will soon to be seen on the Small Screen! Much like the recent Bomb "The Love Guru". I am betting more people will watch Mini Me putting the...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA planet three times the size of earth, and only 3,000 light years away is an amazing discovery. Though it is no known if it can sustain life, a find regardless."...
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There is a new star in the sky – and it’s located in the Big Dipper! The new star is a white dwarf star that was discovered at the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas in Austin."May 2, 2008...
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You just can't make this stuff up:"EDINBURGH (AFP) - A dwarf performer at the Edinburgh fringe festival had to be rushed to hospital after his penis got stuck to a vacuum cleaner during an act that went horribly awry.
Daniel Blackner, or "Captain Dan the Demon Dwarf", was...
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In a stage stunt that went horribly awry, a dwarf performer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival had to be rushed to the hospital after his penis became stuck to a Hoover vacuum cleaner. The...
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The mystery of how the darkest galaxies in the Universe came to exist may have been solved by scientists.
Dwarf spheroidals are galaxies composed almost entirely
of dark matter; faint examples have been discovered orbiting the Milky
Way and Andromeda galaxies.
Scientists...
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"Polar bear and zebra skins, a dwarf crocodile handbag, carved ivory and examples of smuggling devices used to bring drugs and counterfeit cigarettes into the UK will be on show at the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) exhibition stand at the London Boat Show.
Visitors to this...
"Last week Darrel Hair raised his finger and pointed at the sky. There's been another case of ball tampering. But this time it wasn't Pakistan, but the International Astronomical Union, which dropped the ninth...
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