SoT 144: Fetch Me My Big Hammer
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Continental drift could have been started by a massive meteorite impact\\xa03 billion years ago.
\\nFossilised daddy longlegs reveal the arachnids had an extra pair of eyes 305 million years ago. And weren\'t cute then, either.
\\nA new study suggests that even if there was liquid water on the surface of Mars billions of years ago, there wasn\'t enough atmospheric pressure to keep it liquid for long.
\\nThe UK Government has stockpiled over \\xa3500m worth of the antiviral drug Tamiflu. A study now finds that the drug would have little to know effect on the spread of influenza or the duration of flu symptoms. According to medical journalist Ben Goldacre, this finding is symbolic of substantial transparency issues within\\xa0the pharmaceutical industry.
\\nTen world-class violinists tested expensive \'Old Italians\' - Stradivarius and del Gesu violins - against modern, much cheaper instruments. The modern instruments were overwhelmingly preferred.
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