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After 200 years of exploration: Tomb of Copernicus discovered

On Friday Slashdot reported that the tomb of the famous mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was discovered after a very long period of investigation and exploration.  Copernicus is known as the father of the heliocentric

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Swiss deep sea explorer dies at the age of 86

Yesterday, I read in our local newspaper that the swiss deep sea research pioneer and explorer Jacques Piccard died at the age of 86. The article was quite small, and so I started to explore the web, looking for more information.

Though it may seem very unlikely to some people …

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