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How much would it cost to build a brand-new pyramid?
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Building a modern-day replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza would take five years and around 5 billion dollars to build. Even with access to as many stone-carrying vehicles, cranes and helicopters as required, it would still take 1,500 to 2,000 workers around five years to replicate the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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One very tiny animal
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Think about how tiny its brain and stomach and heart must be! One of the smallest geckos in the world, Sphaerodactylus nicholsi.
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Animal that blinds its prey
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The Dana octopus squid ( Taningia danae) of the Pacific blinds its prey with flashes of light from its arms! It is believed that this highly maneuverable squid uses the bright flashes to disorientate potential prey. These flashes may also serve to illuminate the prey to make for easier capture as well as a courtship and territorial display.
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Flattened snake found in Latin America
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This remarkably slender green vine snake, Oxybelis fulgidus, is a colubrid from Central America and northern South America. It is mildly venomous and is shown here opening its mouth in threat display.
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Check out this cuscus munching on starfruit
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Meet the common spotted cuscus from Cape York in Australia and Papua New Guinea. To hide their golden coats from predators while they're sleeping in the trees, they curl leaves around their bodies like a blanket.
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Is it a mushroom or an animal?
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These weird deep-sea animals, namely, Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides, discovered off the coast of Tasmania in 1986, have just been classified - and they're like no animal alive today. The animals' mostly non-symmetrical body plan is unique, which means they’re not part of the Bilateria group, one of the main animal groupings that includes humans.
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Oil company must pay for its sins
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A federal judge has passed down a ruling on the largest accidental marine oil spill (the Deepwater Horizon oil spill) in history, calling major players British Petroleum (BP) "reckless", and Transocean and Halliburton "negligent". BP is ordered to pay 17.6 billion for the damages it caused in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Let's just hope they don't end up spending that money on their military instead.
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New robotic suit that makes you into a superhero
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A new robotic 'smart suit' has been developed by FastCompany to give anyone from soldiers and fire-fighters to hiking enthusiasts and the elderly a bit of superhuman strength. It's lightweight, flexible, and can be worn under clothes. According to its makers, "the suit works by mimicking the action of the leg muscles and tendons when a person walks, with an actuator system giving small, carefully timed assistance at the ankle and hip joints without restricting the wearer’s movement. The breakthrough is in the 'structured functional textiles' that transmit those applied forces all over the body during natural movement. Wearable, flexible sensors integrate into the fabric to gauge the body’s movement and provide support at the right moment." ...
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More water on Europa than on Earth
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Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is a prime candidate for life in our solar system beyond Earth. It contains water and is also the only known solar system body to have plate tectonics.
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