Uncovering Nottingham’s Hidden Medieval Sandstone Caves

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The very latest laser technology combined with old fashioned pedal power is being used to provide a unique insight into the layout of Nottingham’s sandstone caves — where the city’s renowned medieval ale was brewed and, where legend has it, the country’s most famous outlaw Robin Hood was imprisoned.

Voyager II “hijacked by aliens”?

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A GERMAN UFO expert has claimed that a NASA spacecraft may have been hijacked by aliens – who are now attempting to contact Earth.

Hartwig Hausdorf claims that Voyager 2 – an unmanned interplanetary probe blasted into space 33 years ago – has started transmitting strange, unintelligible signals, Bild newspaper revealed today

Tibetans Evolved to Survive Higher Altitudes

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The Tibetan Plateau (map) rises more than 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above sea level. At such heights, most people are susceptible to hypoxia, in which too little oxygen reaches body tissues, potentially leading to fatal lung or brain inflammation.

To survive the high life, many Tibetans carry unique versions of two genes associated with low blood hemoglobin levels, the researchers found.