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6. november 2003
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Science headline of the day
"Fish farting may not just be hot air" (New Scientist)
9:41:38 PM 
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Bye bye Voyager I
Voyager I, the spacecraft that was launched in 1977, is now about to leave the solar system altogether, the first manmade machine to do so. It is about 90 AU from the Sun, 13 463 820 000 kms.
In around 2020, Voyager 1 is expected to reach the heliopause at roughly 135 AU. This is where the Sun's influence fades away entirely and interstellar space begins. Astronomers will then get their first chance to measure the magnetic fields and energetic particles of interstellar space.
And meet little green men.
9:37:18 PM
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Cavemen with toothpicks
A palaeontologist thinks she has found the oldest evidence yet of hominids being concerned about dental hygiene.
Palaeontologist Dr Leslea Hlusko, of the University of Illinois, claims to have evidence ancient man used rudimentary tooth picks.
She has shown that curved grooves found on fossil teeth dating back 1.8 million years could be the result of erosion caused by repeated rubbing with grass stalks.
Toothbrushes came a bit later.
9:52:44 AM
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Hooray for German car engineering
Rob at Emphasis Added has been in a scary car accident, but walked away without a scratch. Whew!
5:55:59 AM
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Can't prove a negative?
It's a common argument from theists, and many others, that you "can't prove a negative." Well, there are negatives you can't prove, but the claim that you can't prove negatives is demonstrably false.
4:25:06 AM
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US troops capture two Iraqi generals
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division did a morning raid on Falluja in Iraq, and came up with two former generals in Saddam Hussein's army. Their names have not yet been disclosed, but sources say they are believed to have financed and organised anti-coalition attacks.
Hopefully, they are able to give clues to the whereabouts of other Baathist leaders.
2:33:04 AM
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