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Between September 6 and 11, two ancient sites of Inca ruins from Machu Picchu were threatened by a huge forest fire, which was eventually put off. More than eight hundred hectares of forest in the valley situated between Cuzco city and the ancient Machu Picchu fortress burned, causing great damage to the pair of... |
25 September 2008
09:20 GMT |
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The modern flamethrower is a pyrotechnic weapon originating from an idea several thousands of years old, used in modern warfare as a weapon of intimidation, to flush a hideout and to fight off enemy forces. The basic idea behind the concept is to spread fire in a designated area by launching burning fuel from a dista... |
14 July 2008
07:43 GMT |
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Lithium-ion batteries are a type of rechargeable batteries that work by exploiting the movement of lithium ions between the anode and the cathode. Due to their low weight to power ratio, lack of memory effect and the slow rate of charge loss, they are currently the most popular type of rechargeable batteries availabl... |
11 June 2008
08:32 GMT |
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Google Earth provides support, yet again, for victims of another disaster that struck in the United States this time, in Santa Cruz Mountains. This time around, the disaster came in the form of a large fire, the likes of which Santa Cruz Mountains has never seen before. It appears that the area was full of flammable ... |
23 May 2008
10:35 GMT |
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It looks like a crater with a volcanic lava lake, but it is not. It is said that the hell is located underground. In this case, "The Door to Hell" is this site in Uzbekistan, located close to the small town of Darvaz. This phenomenon started during the Soviet times, 35 years ago. Geologists and miners were drilling i... |
8 April 2008
14:06 GMT |
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What reason(s) do you think would someone have to set on fire hundreds of mobile phones? There aren't many reasonable ones that you can think of, right? Well, a woman from China burned more than 400 handsets because she was dumped by her husband. The couple was living in Weifang, Shandong, somewhere south of ... |
10 March 2008
06:00 GMT |
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Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co KG (also known as SEN), the telecommunications branch of Siemens AG, today announced that it plans to restructure its orientation and activity and transform from a hardware supplier into a software and solutions provider. In today's continuously changing telecommunica... |
26 February 2008
14:52 GMT |
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The first Homo sapiens employed caves against the cold or the hot weather, or to shelter against rains and wild beasts. Even chimps in Senegal were found to use caves against heat and rain. But what is more important is that caves have preserved many aspects of the life of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) people. Incl... |
14 February 2008
09:27 GMT |
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Fire is the biggest destroyer of human life and goods. Now the ultimate technologies fights against it. Conventional firemen cars for putting out building fires are endowed with tanks of 1,365 liters of water and telescopic stairs with a length of 9-15 m (30-50 ft). This water is used only when there is no other sou... |
4 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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I must say, someone out there really hates our guts. And I have a shrewed suspicion that that someone also had a long conversation with Jordan, during which they told her a whole bunch of lies - one of which being that the world loves her and that the one thing we really need to be happy for Christmas is more of this... |
14 December 2007
06:12 GMT |
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The world "volcano" comes from the Roman god of fire Vulcan, the equivalent of Hephaistos in the Greek mythology. In the ancient times, people attributed to the volcanoes a supernatural personality, which was worshiped. Old Greeks believed the Earth was a floating disc over the surface of an ocean whose storms trigge... |
3 November 2007
07:07 GMT |
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iPods are not as innocent as they look. They might reveal a cute milky white look, but on the inside, they can turn into real monsters and jeopardize your life, for reasons unknown.We have recently informed you about the research which proved that the MP3 player and iPods can interfere with the activity of cardiac pa... |
30 October 2007
09:11 GMT |
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We all know Southern California was recently assaulted by an impressive avalanche of wildfires which had a huge impact over the community of residents and their lives. Because of that, numerous organizations and companies encourage people all around the world to donate money and help the fire victims. Google is just ... |
29 October 2007
10:06 GMT |
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Following the recent damages caused by the South California fires, the Mountain View company decided to help the authorities and designed a special Google Earth layer containing high-resolution photos with the area in order to show all the details that can be discovered from the satellite. The Google Earth content is... |
25 October 2007
02:40 GMT |
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We've heard about overheating issues before, but this seems to go beyond the general phenomenon, as a Playstation console has just set on fire an apartment complex. This is not our lucky guess, but the firefighters' statement and it turns out that the Xbox 360 is not the only console causing trouble.Well, ... |
11 September 2007
03:15 GMT |
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Guys love beer and that can be easily seen in beer ads, where besides the actual product, you can see all kinds of sports and beautiful women, mostly naked or who are about to lose their clothes to the happy owner of a can/pint.But there is more to beer than meets the eye. Many interesting stories circulating on the... |
30 July 2007
05:00 GMT |
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A new discovery in the world of nanotechnology led to the production of a hard wearing and fireproof paint, by replacing the soap used to stabilize latex emulsion paints with nanotech sized clay armor. Latex is used in paint because it solidifies by coalescence of the polymer particles as the water evaporates and th... |
27 July 2007
06:37 GMT |
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Plastics are made of semisynthetic polymerization products composed of organic condensation or addition polymers and may contain other substances to improve performance or economics. Their widespread use made them indispensable in almost all industry areas.Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst were... |
30 May 2007
09:25 GMT |
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Pneumatic tires or tyres are used on all types of vehicles, from cars to earthmovers to airplanes. A significant disadvantage of tyres is the fact that recycling them is not very easy and so mountains on tyres are gathering all across the world.It may come as a surprise, but the same technique that makes tyres so du... |
29 May 2007
08:03 GMT |
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There are a lot of puzzle games that go around in the wide virtual world. The reason for which there are so many is pretty simple: all of them are addictive and have something that keeps the person playing no matter what.For some it's the funny story. Or maybe the story behind the game is pretty interesting and ... |
11 May 2007
17:32 GMT |
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Hendersonville, Tennessee - The former longtime residence of legendary music star Johnny Cash burned down to a pile of ashes and charred logs just few hours ago, reports Yahoo News quoting Associated Press. The exact cause of the fire is unknown yet, but firefighters say that everything came down in ashes very fast m... |
11 April 2007
10:32 GMT |
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The MacBooks tend to become more and more popular, being regarded as the perfect alternative for the old-fashioned Windows or for the difficult to use Linux distributions. Today, Macworld reported a case that might make the aspirants for a MacBook think a little before they decide to acquire a new computer. mattyb, a... |
14 March 2007
05:12 GMT |
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Nintendo brings us the perfect tactical role-playing game and I'm talking about the ninth title in the Fire Emblem series. You'll be exploring a continent called Tellius and keep in mind that the plot is not linked in any way to the previous games. Our hero's name is Ike, a new member of the Greil Merc... |
7 March 2007
04:00 GMT |
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