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Aussie brain-mapper discovers part of brain that lets you play pianoWith its 86 billion neurons, the human brain is the most complex thing we know of. And it does not give up its secrets without a fight. That makes achievements like Thursday’s important.Australian scientists have just announced the discovery of an until-now-unknown region of the brain: an unexplored land, living just under our skulls.The newly-charted region, which so far has not been seen in other animals, may be responsible for extremely fine motor control – our unique ability to play piano or perform surgery.It's about the size of a pea and sits at the back of the skull, right at the base of the brain. Its discoverer, NeuRA's brain cartographer Professor George Paxinos, has christened it the Endorestiform Nucleus.
George Paxinos AO FASSA FAA (b. 6 December 1944) is a Greek Australian neuroscientist, born in Ithaca, Greece.
A spy school grows in AthensThe school will train military and civilian employees on how to manage military information that affects their country’s national security.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is losing its tilt, says expertsThe Leaning Tower of Pisa is no longer leaning as much as it was, according to a group of Italian engineering experts.The tower, a tourism attraction in the pretty Tuscan city of Pisa, has straightened up 4cm over the past two decades, according to the tower’s surveillance group which has been monitoring the health of the 57-metre-tall monument for the past 17 years.
Pembrokeshire treasure hunter unearths Celtic chariotA metal detectorist has found what is thought to be the first Celtic chariot burial to be uncovered in Wales.The burial ritual was reserved for high-ranking chiefs who would be interred complete with their chariot, horses, tack and even weapons.Mike Smith believes his find may point to a huge undiscovered Iron Age settlement nearby.National Museum Wales describes the finds as "significant and exciting".
'Great Escape' pilot's rare Spitfire discovered intact on Norwegian mountain 76 years after being shot down by NazisA long-lost Second World War spitfire flown by a pilot who was part of the ‘Great Escape’ has been found almost entirely intact on a Norwegian mountain - 76 years after it was shot down by Nazis.The discovery is the first time for more than 20 years that a substantially complete and previously unknown Spitfire from this period has been found anywhere in the world. Its pilot was captured and ultimately executed by the Nazis for taking part in the war's most famous prisoner-of-war breakout, immortalised in classic movie 'The Great Escape'.Of substantial historical importance, the find highlights a normally ignored aspect of the Second World War – the RAF’s ultra-secret aerial wartime espionage missions.
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