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University calls for ‘urgent and costly’ research into jellyfish threat to postmen

‘Jellyfish numbers have increased dramatically in recent years, but no-one is quite sure of the ramifications for Britain’s struggling postal service.’

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Posted: Jul 5th, 2011
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Scientists no closer to finding right answer to ‘do you think she looks pretty?’

'and, since you ask, her bum really doesn't look that big'Despite almost a decade of research and millions of pounds of funding, scientists at Loughborough University’s Department of Nuptial Studies have admitted that they have yet to find a satisfactory answer to a question that has vexed married men for centuries: ‘do you think she looks pretty?’.

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Posted: Aug 16th, 2010
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Synthetic life form accuses God of ‘playing science’

spirituality now yours for just £49.99‘I am beginning to think that this omnipotence thing has gone to His head.’

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Posted: May 25th, 2010
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Large Hadron Collider stolen by joyriders

Charged with breaking the laws of physicsYouths drove the Collider around in a 27km circle of chaos, pulling handbrake turns and firing off protons at close to the speed of light.

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Posted: Nov 17th, 2009
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World first as British scientists harness drizzle power

limitless supplies of greyness just waiting to be tappedThe rest of the world may be moving towards greater use of solar power or wind power, but renewable energy generation that taps into specific local atmospheric conditions in the UK has leapt forward with a Manchester project that uses drizzle to power street lights.

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Posted: Sep 5th, 2009
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