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'Substantial' section of white cliffs of Dover collapses into sea

Tonnes of rock sheared off cliff into English Channel on Friday, according to coastguardA large section of the white cliffs of Dover has collapsed into the English Channel following a "substantial" rockfall, according to the coastguard.Tonnes of the cliff face sheared off near an area known as Crab Bay, but no one was injured.Dover Coastguard said a full survey had yet to be carried out to...

The cockroach beatbox [video] | @GrrlScientist

I always knew that humans and cockroaches have a lot in commonThe brain functions mostly via electricity. For example, let's look at how a cockroach moves its leg. The cockroach's brain perceives the world through electrical signals that are sent to it by sensory neurons throughout its body, the brain processes this information and then reacts to the world by sending electrical signals to motor...

'Infidel teaching' of Darwinism in schools

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 14 March 1908At the West Riding Assizes yesterday, before Mr Justice Channell, Miss Winifred Marie Gould, the head mistress of the Fishlake Endowed School, near Doncaster, brought an action to recover damages from the Rev. Eliezer Flecker, the vicar, for libel and slander. Mr Tindal Atkinson, K.C., and Mr A.P. Longstaffe appeared for the...


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