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A hair lock snipped from Ernesto “Che” Guevara before his burial in 1967 sold for $100,000 at auction Thursday to a Houston-area bookstore owner who called the Marxist “one of the greatest revolutionaries of the 20th century.”
Bill Butler, 61, won the 3-inch tress clipped from Guevara’s mane after placing the only bid, which matched the […]

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Under the cover of darkness on 07 October 1959, a convoy of military vehicles escorted a flatbed truck through the abandoned streets of Malton, Canada just outside of Toronto.
Local police had arranged to clear the route from a top-secret aircraft hangar to Toronto harbor, so the drivers paid little mind to traffic laws as they […]

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SALT LAKE CITY - Scientists are amazed at the chomping ability of a newly described duck-billed dinosaur. The herbivore’s powerful jaw, more than 800 teeth and compact skull meant that no leaf, branch or bush would have been safe, they say.
“It really is like the Arnold Schwarzenegger of dinosaurs — it’s all pumped up,” […]

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A vaccine for a common virus is being used to stimulate the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells.
Initial tests show the vaccine - for the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) - has produced promising effects.
Researchers recorded a heightened immune response to cancer cells infected with EBV.
The study, by the University of Birmingham and the Royal […]

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Pregnant women who have very low levels of cholesterol may be at a greater risk of giving birth prematurely, US research suggests.
The National Human Genome Research Institute study confirmed previous findings linking high cholesterol to a raised risk of premature birth.
But the researchers were surprised to find low cholesterol levels also seemed to raise the […]

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A rare copy of the Magna Carta, the document that enshrined human rights in English law, is to be sold in New York.
The copy owned by the Perot Foundation is expected to fetch more than $20m (£9.94m), auctioner Sotheby’s says.
The copy on sale, dating from 1297, was bought by Ross F Perot in 1984 and […]

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Scientists have developed a new way to treat liver failure by dampening the immune response using stem cells taken from the bone marrow.
So far the technique has only been tested in animals, but if it works in humans it could help save lives.
Potentially a patient could be kept alive longer until a donor organ is […]

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Men with deep voices tend to have more children than those who speak at a higher pitch, scientists say.
Their finding is based on a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania known as the Hadza, who can be studied without bias because they use no birth control.
Males who hit lower notes as they talked had about two […]

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Nearly 200 governments have agreed a faster timetable for phasing out chemicals that deplete the ozone layer and contribute to global warming.
The schedule for eliminating hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) comes forward by 10 years under the agreement signed at a UN meeting in Montreal.
HCFCs are used in applications such as refrigeration and fire-fighting.
A finance package to help […]

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Leaders of 80 countries are expected to attend a special UN meeting in New York to discuss the effects of global warming and the ways to combat it.
The meeting comes just days after scientists reported that more Arctic ice melted this year than ever before.
The UN climate chief says a breakthrough is essential.
US President George […]

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