Cyprus is to launch sea surveys in an area where dozens of vessels led by warring successors to Alexander the Great are believed to have sunk in battle for control over the island in 306 BC.
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Cyprus To Seek Ancient Shipwrecks
Productivity Growing at a Faster Clip
Worker productivity rebounded, growing at the fastest pace in nearly two years, while wage pressures eased sharply in the spring — developments that should reduce inflation worries.
Hospital Mobile Bans ‘Must Stay’
Evidance that moile devices interfere with vital intensive care equipment has been strengthened.
Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm Plays the Piano
More than 130 veterans of the Iraq war now face the daunting challenge of learning to live with a missing arm. To make that transition easier, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa, has launched a $55-million project that pools the efforts of prosthetics experts nationwide to create a thought-controlled bionic arm that duplicates […]
Red Mite Bacteria Might Be Useful
British scientists have determined bacteria living symbiotically in red poultry mites might help prevent salmonella and similar pathogens.
U.S. Gasoline Supplies Hit 2-Year Low
U.S. gasoline supplies dropped last week to their lowest level since Hurricane Katrina slammed into Gulf Coast refineries two years ago, the U.S. government said on Thursday.
Precision Nanoprinting Could Foil the Forgers
A novel printing method that involves positioning individual nanoparticles with great accuracy could make smaller electronic circuits, and might eventually help prevent banknote counterfeiting, researchers say.
Discovered: Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs
Cosmic detective work has traced the origin of the asteroid that hit Earth 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs. Astronomers know of more than 40 families of asteroids that are fragments of shattered larger bodies and can calculate when the break-ups happened.
How Much Booze Is Good For You?
Light drinking helps heart health. But more than one drink a day for women and more than two daily drinks for men are harmful.
Moray Eels Attack With Two Jaws
Pity the prey: it appears that moray eels have two sets of fanged jaws, one to grab with and one launched from their throats to grasp their squirming victims.
Bachelor Parties Told to Keep it Clean
Stag and hen parties will have to abide by a code of conduct when celebrating in Blackpool in an attempt by the local council to uphold the family values of the seaside resort.
Hospital Bans Flowers
An NHS hospital has banned flowers because they pose a health risk to patients.
