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  • 280 new moon craters identified

    Using ultra-high resolution mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar gravity and topography data to explore detailed basins that would be obscured using other methods, Xinhua reported. A total of 66 of the craters identified ...

  • Steven and Alex Gerrard soak up the sun in Ibiza on 6th wedding anniversary

    Steven Gerrard and wife Alex lark have been spotted splashing around in the sea, while celebrating their 6th wedding anniversary in Ibiza. The loved-up couple, which got married in a lavish do at Cliveden House in Berkshire in 2007, showed that they are still head over heels in love even after years of marriage, the Sun reported. Alex, the stunning mum of three, wore a printed triangle bikini ...

  • ESAs Herschel telescope finally switched off

    European Space Agency's billion-euro Herschel space telescope has been switched off. Mission controllers sent the final command to the Herschel satellite Monday at 12:25 GMT (14:25 CEST), marking the end of operations for ESA's hugely successful space observatory. Herschel's science mission had already ended in April upon exhaustion of the crucial liquid helium that cooled the observatory's ...

  • Philippines To Destroy Five Tons Of Illegal Ivory Symbolic Victory For Elephant Conservation

    The Philippines has announced it will destroy five tons of seized ivory, a major symbolic step for a nation known for playing a major role in the illegal ivory trade. ';The destruction of the items would hopefully bring the Philippines’ message across the globe that the country is serious and will not tolerate illegal wildlife trade, and denounces the continuous killing of elephants ...

  • What Its Like to See the Aurora From Space

    These astronauts, Mike Massimino and Don Pettit, are a bit blas about the view of the aurora from Earth. "One of the things that we've noticed," Massimino says, "is that when you see something, you get used to it in your daily life." But, he continues, when "you get to space, and you see the same type of phenomenon, it's a completely different experience, ...


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The Hand [DVD]

The Hand [DVD]

I Bury the Living is a corker of a horror-thriller that draws you in, but ultimately lets you down with an explanatory ending that just doesnt fit. Made quickly on a shoestring budget, it was one of an onslaught of small-scale drive-in flicks that poured out of scrappy independent studios in the 1950s and early 1960s, most of which were immediately forgettable. I Bury the Living< ... ...

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