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Scientific Minds Want To Know

Scientists calculate how big the ocean is

Using measurements from satellites, researchers determine its volume and depth.

Much less than thought 

Also: 

• Octopus mystery solved
• Dire ocean fish warning
• Deep sea creatures

Stellar blast sparks controversy Extraordinary stellar blast could be a new class of exploding star, say astronomers, but another team disagrees. Thieving dwarves cause supernovae

New clue to anti-matter mystery A US experiment finds a clue as to why the Universe is composed of normal matter and not its shadowy opposite: anti-matter.

Ancient octopus mystery resolved Trapped air in the shells of rare octopuses is the key to their survival in the deep sea, say scientists.

An ocean oddball Following the ocean migrations of the bizarre sunfish, the world's heaviest bony fish, in pictures.

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CSI 100 million years BC: oldest mammalian hair found

The oldest mammalian hair has been discovered in a 100-million-year-old lump of amber, and it's surprisingly similar to modern-day hair