Tiny

Subjects of Roman Empire had tiny toy dogs 2,000 years ago just like today’s pampered celebrities

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Subjects of the Roman Empire had tiny toy dogs 2,000 years ago just like today’s pampered celebrities, archaeologists reveal Archaeological dig in Córdoba, Spain, has revealed a 2,000 year old tiny lap dog It had been transported thousands of miles to serve as lap dog in Roman Empire Like many celebrities today Romans also had a soft … Read more

Tiny starling leaves firefighters baffled as it gets stuck in drain cover 

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Tiny starling leaves firefighters baffled as it gets stuck in drain cover Bird-brained starling left firefighters puzzled as it got trapped in road manhole RSPCA dashed to Downham Market, Norfolk after receiving call from public Workers and firefighters all posed for pictures with the songbird after The starling was taken to East Winch Wildlife Centre and … Read more

Scientists develop new way to grow tiny organ samples to minimize the need for animal testing 

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Stem cells used to grow tiny but functional human organs that can fit together on a computer chip and could be used to finally end animal testing in medical research Medical researchers grew human organs one millionth the size of normal The organs functioned normally, including a heart that beat 60 times a minute The … Read more

Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny copper particles

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Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny toxic copper particles and super-charging the animals’ immune systems Researchers used tiny amounts of a metal which is known to be toxic to cells They injected it into tumours and boosted the immune system for a double effect When tumour cells were … Read more

Skye Wheatley flaunts tiny waist and derrière for a mirror ‘belfie’ 

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Booty-ful! Instagram star Skye Wheatley flaunts her tiny waist and shapely derrière in a crop top and G-string briefs for a VERY racy ‘belfie’ By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:36 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 10:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 She’s the former Big Brother star-turned-influencer who isn’t shy in showing … Read more

Britain’s buried treasures: Exquisite works of art are tucked away in tiny village churches

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BOOK OF THE WEEK THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY by Nigel Andrew (Thorntree Press £10, 244 pp) We English have a world-class literature, it is often said, with Dickens and Shakespeare, but we’re not so good on art and music. If it’s great symphonies you want, you have to turn to Germany and Austria; for painting and … Read more

Scientists find way to make tiny DIAMONDS quickly with surprisingly little heat and no catalyst

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Scientists have developed a way to make tiny diamonds quickly and easily with surprisingly little heat and no catalyst. The technique involves extracting special cage-like molecules from petroleum and natural gas and then heating them with a laser under intense pressures.  The applications of the diamonds created may be limited, however, as the technique is … Read more

Pictured: Microscope images reveal tiny but deadly coronavirus particles

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Stunning microscope images released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  reveal the new killer coronavirus in unprecedented detail.  Shown as blue dots, the virus, now dubbed SARS-CoV-19, can be seen roving around and invading human cells.  The sample is the first of its kind capture using a transmission electron microscope by CDC … Read more