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Church set up as a haven for smokers - Telegraph
A group in Holland, responding to the Dutch ban on indoor smoking, has established a "church" whose primary sacrament is smoking.
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Is the internet out of control? - Telegraph
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Entrepreneurship higher amongst ethnic minorities - Telegraph
While women are only half as likely as men to be mainstream entrepreneurs, they are equally or more likely than men to be social entrepreneurs.
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Photos of Mars canyons beamed back to Earth - Telegraph
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Stephen Hawking's explosive new theory - Telegraph
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UK study reveals: religion is for stupid people!
For the record, I think this is absolutely effing ridiculous. The last paragraph of the clip pretty much sums it up. How can this kind of garbage be treated as real research?
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Shark pictures show amazing killing display - Telegraph
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50 best cult books - Telegraph
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Wake up - there's a revolution going on
Successful innovators break down the barriers that stand in the way of practical application.
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Physicists have 'solved' mystery of levitation - Telegraph
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Monday view: Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half - Telegraph
Cell conversion efficiency and economies of scale are galloping ahead so fast that the cost will be down to 70 US cents by 2010, with a target of 30 or 40 cents in a decade.
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Leading scientific journals 'are censoring debate on global warming' - Telegraph
Two of the world's leading scientific journals have come under fire from researchers for refusing to publish papers which challenge fashionable wisdom over global warming.
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Sperm cells created from female embryo - Telegraph
Sperm cells have been created from a female human embryo in a remarkable breakthrough that suggests it may be possible for lesbian couples to have their own biological children.
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Biofuel crops 'increase carbon emissions' - Telegraph
We cannot afford to ignore the consequences of converting land for biofuels. Doing so means we might unintentionally promote fuel alternatives that are worse than fossil fuels they are de...
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Ignore Al Gore - but not his Nobel friends - Telegraph
Gore's claims have received a lot of notice. Hopefully, the careful work of the IPCC will also receive the attention that it deserves.
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Church of England writes its marriage guide - Telegraph
Worried by the high numbers of divorces, the Church of England has produced its guide to the perfect marriage, called Growing Together, to help couples prepare properly for the rigours of...
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A good night's sleep the key to staying slim - Telegraph
Those who slept for less than six hours a night - or more than nine - put on more weight than those who slept for seven or eight hours each night.
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Facebook status updates 'is' no more
Article in the UK newspaper The Telegraph about Facebook dropping the "is".
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Scientists create 'see-through' fish - Telegraph
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Babies not as innocent as they pretend
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"Hi, I'm __ and I am a wilfer" -- aimless websurfing and its effect on your life
"Wilfer" stands for (roughly) "What Was I Looking For" and refers to the habit of getting distracted and lost online when you actually meant to find something specific. I do this constantly.
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Rowan Williams says Sharia law unavoidable - Telegraph
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Bottled water 'is immoral' - Telegraph
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Study names Facebook and MySpace 'types' - Telegraph
Social networking has become so widespread that users of sites such as MySpace and Facebook can now be categorised into six specific types, according to a new report.
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Travelling by bus in Sweden? Beware of dwarves
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Telegraph | Money | US 'could be going bankrupt'
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'Tolkien was not a writer' - A.N. Wilson, Telegraph
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Telegraph | News | In the beginning there was the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Telegraph | News | 'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers
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Telegraph | Entertainment | Tintin and the enigma of academic obsession
Tintin and modern literature: "Tintin [is] a popular hero not because he is the strongest or most principled, but because he is the best reader, more able than anyone else, including the ...
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Telegraph | Comment | We were brought up to hate - and we do
Nonie Darwish, remembering her own childhood, bitterly condemns the bigotry inherent in the way children in the Muslim world are raised to view non-Muslims and Westerners.
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Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike | International News | News | Telegraph
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Gangster who built world's tallest log cabin | International News | News | Telegraph
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Quentin Tarantino: I'm proud of my flop | Stars And Stories | Film | Arts | Telegraph
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Arts | Telegraph
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Gene explains why people are night owls
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