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The giant leap for mankind that was made 50 years ago

Despite talk of missions to Mars and a renewed interest in returning to the moon, nothing can match the awesome feat of that first lunar landing 50 years ago today, writes Dan Buckley.

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Not everyone wants their donations touted on Facebook or plastered on walls

business

BP in $9bn offshore ‘Mad Dog’ project

world

Armstrong hailed as 'modest' hero

world

BP faces new Gulf spill controversy

news

Road safety system drives Irish team to tech success

Fears as BP remove Gulf well cap

THE cap that ended BP’s three-month oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was set to come off yesterday as a prelude to raising a massive, failed piece of equipment and preparing for a final seal on the broken seafloor well.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2010

Tiny polonium ‘missiles’ to seek out and destroy cancer cells

TINY nuclear ‘missiles’ containing the same kind of radiation used to murder Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko are being developed to destroy cancer, it was revealed yesterday.

Mon, 27 Aug, 2007

Cancerous tumours could be shot down with golden ‘bullets’

TINY golden “bullets” could eventually be used to target and destroy cancerous tumours while leaving healthy tissue unharmed, scientists claimed yesterday.

Tue, 04 Nov, 2003