Scientists from the Austrian Natural History Museum have managed to recreate the appearance of a previously unknown Ammonite believed to be the ultimate great-grandfather of the modern-day squid and octopus. The team used complicated 3-D scanning technology to unearth the fossil of “Dissimilites intermedius” a layer at a time after it was discovered in sediment […]
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Students from the Wels-based FH Oberösterreich have developed what they claim is the world’s first pizza vending machine. In 2007 the school founded its transfer centre for business creation under the leadership of Dr. Gerold Weisz. Under his leadership in the next two years eight successful businesses were grounded as well as exciting initiatives such […]
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Frustrated churchgoers have put an advert in the paper for a new Catholic priest after the local diocese failed to find a replacement when the current priest was moved to a new area. The advert says that people in Taufkirchen an der Pram at Schärding in Austria are looking for a qualified priest to manage […]
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By Mary PenmanEver wanted to sleep in a converted sewer pipe, stay at a genuine Colorado ranch, or spend the night in an 18th century former prison? The 2011 edition of hotel guide “Unusual and unique overnight” is full of out of the ordinary places to stay, and would make a perfect Christmas gift for […]
Police are investigating after a man was electrocuted while working at a transformer station in Vorarlberg this morning (Fri).The 24-year-old suffered burns to his arms when he started his tasks at a 220 kilovolt line at a substation in Werben. He was hospitalised in Dornbirn.Police have said they are looking into the accident since the […]