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Earthquake shows man's ecological assault
Oct 23 2005 7:28PM (CT)
JABLA, India (AP) - The earthquake didn't destroy Mohammad Shafi Mir's house and bury his mother, but what followed seconds later did _ a torrent of bounding boulders that thundered down the mountainside at killer speed.
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Tests of fabled Archimedes death ray fail
Oct 23 2005 5:14AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - It wasn't exactly the ancient siege of Syracuse, but rather a curious quest for scientific validation. According to sparse historical writings, the Greek mathematician Archimedes torched a fleet of invading Roman ships by reflecting the sun's powerful rays with a mirrored device made of glass or bronze.
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