24th August 2008 Archive
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Dabs founder released on £10m bail
Checks in at The Priory
David Atherton, the founder of Dabs.com who is charged with attempted rape and drugs offences, has been released on £10m bail surety. Atherton, 50, is checking into a Priory clinic in Cheshire, "where he has been ordered to follow an in-patient programme for one month", the Bolton News reports. He will then have to report to …
Channel Register 24 Aug 2008, 10:28
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Aussie has answer to save Earth from asteroid attack
Proposed plan to protect planet with plastic film
An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top prize in an international competition for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to prevent a collision with the Earth. The asteroid, Apophis, is estimated to be perhaps 270 metres across and it will pass close to Earth in …
Space 24 Aug 2008, 20:03
