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11 May 2012
The cyclone that brought about the devastating winds that battered the UK in the great storm of October 1987 was exceptional in both its strength and path across the south of the country
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The Soviet probe Venera 6 descends into the atmosphere of Venus and sends back what data it can before being crushed by pressure.
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The US Department of Energy releases documents describing the world’s largest mercury-pollution event at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, home to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the successor to the institution that hosted the Manhattan Project during the second world war.
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The leading physics website physicsworld.com, has won 'Best specialist site for journalism' at the 2011 Online Media Awards
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