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Ancient Scots braved Ice Age elements to establish community

Washington, Oct 6 : Ancient Scots braved the elements to establish community as early as 13000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, a new study in the current issue of British Archaeology has revealed.

The study suggests that the earliest Scots shared a common ancestor with the first Norwegians, meaning that some people of Scottish descent could be distantly related to modern Norwegians.

Craig Venter close to creating world's first artificial life form

Craig Venter

Massive ancient impact may have flipped over Pluto on its side

Pluto

Chimps don’t share humans’ concept of fairness

Chimpanzee

Long-lost ‘Potentially Hazardous Asteroid' re-located

Washington, Oct 5 : Astronomers have found that the recently discovered Earth threatening asteroid 2007 RR9 is in fact the long lost object 6344 P-L observed nearly half a century ago.

Gamma-ray lighthouse discovered at universe’s edge

Paris, Oct 5 : The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral has helped astronomers discover a gamma ray lighthouse shining at the edge of our universe.

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