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Just a year after it was dispatched on the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the APL-built New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet - about to swing past Jupiter and pick up even more speed on its voyage toward the unexplored regions of the planetary frontier.
GHOST hunters are trying to unravel the secrets of haunted Swindon.
Dave Wood and his team of paranormal investigators visited the Jolly Tar pub in Hannington on Sunday to try and find an explanation behind some mysterious sightings.
Dave said: "Two unusual figures have been reported in the public bar, who looked out of place. One, a man, was seen walking out of the fireplace in the main bar. Another figure, a lady was seen, and then not seen a split second later.
Dave Wood and his team of paranormal investigators visited the Jolly Tar pub in Hannington on Sunday to try and find an explanation behind some mysterious sightings.
Dave said: "Two unusual figures have been reported in the public bar, who looked out of place. One, a man, was seen walking out of the fireplace in the main bar. Another figure, a lady was seen, and then not seen a split second later.
ALTRUISM, one of the most difficult human behaviours to define, can be detected in brain scans, US researchers claim.
A new robot is heading to Iraq this spring which can accurately pinpoint the location of a gun being fired within seconds.
Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost with Lasers (RedOwl) uses sound sensors originally developed for hearing aids, advanced video sensors and neural network programming to back-trace shots to their source.
Robot Enhanced Detection Outpost with Lasers (RedOwl) uses sound sensors originally developed for hearing aids, advanced video sensors and neural network programming to back-trace shots to their source.
A group of paranormal investigators think the legends of Teackle Mansion ghosts could be true, particularly in a part of the house where their equipment batteries died and they felt a cold spot.
"There's enough evidence to be suspicious," Christine Power, co-director of Eastern Shore Paranormal, said at a recent meeting of the Somerset County Historical Society.
"There's enough evidence to be suspicious," Christine Power, co-director of Eastern Shore Paranormal, said at a recent meeting of the Somerset County Historical Society.
Look to the western sky this weekend and see what is being called the most brilliant comet to grace the space around Earth since 1965. Comet McNaught will be visible from most of Chile for the next few days, so hope that the current cloud cover will disappear and set the stage for a beautiful cosmic experience.
Finnish data security firm F-Secure said in a report that computer virus writers have unleashed a new worm on the internet.
This worm was released in wild yesterday when it was delivered through mails to thousands of unsuspecting users.
They call this worm the Storm Worm and it comes in a mail with the subject title: "230 dead as storm batters Europe".
This worm was released in wild yesterday when it was delivered through mails to thousands of unsuspecting users.
They call this worm the Storm Worm and it comes in a mail with the subject title: "230 dead as storm batters Europe".
Google announced that another major US college library had joined its controversial project to put the world's books online.
The more than one million written works at the University of Texas library in Austin will be converted to digital format and added to Google Books Library Project, according to the Internet search powerhouse.
The more than one million written works at the University of Texas library in Austin will be converted to digital format and added to Google Books Library Project, according to the Internet search powerhouse.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil of a young, two-headed marine reptile that lived when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.
HELSINKI - Computer virus writers attacked thousands of computers on Friday using an unusually topical email citing raging European storms, a security company said.
The virus, which the company named "Storm Worm," was emailed to hundreds of thousands of addresses globally with the subject line "230 dead as storm batters Europe."
The virus, which the company named "Storm Worm," was emailed to hundreds of thousands of addresses globally with the subject line "230 dead as storm batters Europe."
