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Mystery insect bugging experts at London museum
15/07/2008 11:09:18
Experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.

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Experts examine books at Folio suspect's home
14/07/2008 11:56:37
Experts on rare and antiquarian books were helping police search through a mountain of books, thought to be thousands in number, found at the home of a man arrested in connection with the theft of a £15m First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's works.

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Experts assess landslide damage
14/07/2008 11:53:13
Work to assess the damage caused by a landslide on a major route through southern Scotland is under way. The A7 was closed south of Langholm on Thursday as heavy rain caused a serious land slip in the area. It prompted fears of several weeks of travel problems for the town, which local councillor Denis Male said would be an "absolute disaster" for business.

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Security experts fix major flaw in web’s backbone
10/07/2008 09:53:33
You may be the victim of a major scam that exploits a flaw in the backbone of the web addressing system and not even be aware of it – typing the desired URL directly into your browser could potentially lead you to a fake webpage, said Dan Kaminsky, a security researcher at IOActive.

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Women are Experts at Planning, Reveals Multimap
10/07/2008 09:52:13
It's official: Women are expert planners. Research revealed today by Multimap, the UK's specialist online mapping service, shows that women excel when planning a trip. Increasingly, they are using the wealth of information available on the internet to plan trips and think of everything in advance, from booking hotels and sightseeing to printing off directions and scheduling rest stops.

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