21 Apr 2006
NewScientist.com: A hydrogen fuel cell that uses enzymes instead of expensive metal catalysts to drive chemical reactions has been developed by UK researchers. … Researchers from Oxford University in the UK used two enzymes, one harvested from bacteria and the other from fungus, to catalyse the same chemical reactions. Each electrode is coated in one

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21 Apr 2006
monster rabbit devours English veggie plots In a tale reminiscent of the last Wallace and Gromit movie, furious villagers in northeast England have hired armed guards to protect their beloved communal vegetable gardens from a suspected monster rabbit.

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21 Apr 2006
BBC: Zimbabwe’s white farmers say they have been invited to apply for land – in an apparent U-turn by the government which has seized their land. All but 300 of the 4,000 white farmers have been forced off their land since President Robert Mugabe started his “fast-track” land reform in 2000. A farmers’ leader says

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19 Apr 2006
“Oggie” is a skater. Like many other skaters, he’s been at it for a long time and can do amazing things like flip the board around under him and slide down big rails. The big difference between him and other skaters is that Oggie doesn’t have the use of his legs. He does everything with

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18 Apr 2006
From one of my favourite authors – whytheluckystiff: I don’t know how he figured it out, but this one particular 21st century human male discovered that by rubbing his face against a goat’s face, he could produce this ungodly wailing sound that was so loud most people in the countryside thought a village was getting

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