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BAE to assist green energy project

Britain's biggest arms manufacturer will contribute its marine engineering expertise to a wave-power project off OrkneyMarine engineering for an innovative wave-power project off Orkney is to be provided by Britain's biggest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems. The defence firm, which builds Type 45 destroyers and Astute nuclear submarines, is to develop the hi-tech remote ballasting and...

Chinese archaeologists' African quest for sunken ship of Ming admiral

Search for remains of armada which came to grief on a pioneering voyage to Kenya 600 years agoIt's another chapter in the now familiar story of China's economic embrace of Africa. Except that this one begins nearly 600 years ago.A team of 11 Chinese archaeologists will arrive in Kenya tomorrow to begin the search for an ancient shipwreck and other evidence of commerce with China dating back to the...

Tests begin on stem cell cure for rare heart disease

Cardiologists hope new treatment can prolong the lives of patients with dilated cardiomyopathyDoctors are investigating whether patients with an irreversible heart condition can prolong their lives by having stem cells taken from their hip and injected into the damaged organ.Experts at the Barts and the London Heart Attack Centre hope their work will lead to a major breakthrough for the UK's...


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This column will change your life: A step in the right direction | Oliver Burkeman

A simple walk out in the fresh air often helps focus the mind and clear it of those everyday concerns. But why?All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking," observed Nietzsche, though I've always been a bit suspicious of the ardour with which writers and artists celebrate the inspirational power of taking a stroll: procrastination is a wily foe, and relishes convincing you that your...


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Would a whale deliberately destroy a yacht?

A 40-tonne whale launched itself onto a yacht off Cape Town. Was it an act of aggression or just a badly timed leap?Ralph Motes and Paloma Werner were out for a nice sailing trip off Cape Town in their 33ft yacht when they got more than they bargained for. While these middle-aged South African sailors were minding their own business, a 40-tonne whale leapt out of the water and on to their boat. Or...

Martin Rees on the monster star

The astronomer royal on the significance of the newly discovered starScientists at the University of Sheffield have found a star 10m times brighter, and with a mass 265 times larger, than our own sun. The stellar giant ?? named R136a1 and located in the Tarantula Nebula adjacent to "our" Milky Way ?? is thought to be middle-aged at only 1m years old. By comparison, the Sun is 4.57bn years old....