Queen star finishes PhD thesis after 30 years
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After more than 30 years which he spent as a member of one of the world&#39;s most successful bands, Queen guitarist Brian May has finally finished his PhD thesis which he began as a student in the 1970s, The Times reported on Thursday.
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In a Nov. 22 story about Prince Charles, The Associated Press erroneously reported that he did not earn a degree from Cambridge University. Charles graduated with a B.A. degree in 1970, Buckingham Palace said.
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The UK is providing 30 million euro to build a new centre for cancer research and cell biology at Queen&#39;s University in Belfast, making Northern Ireland one of Europe&#39;s leaders in the fight against cancer.
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On the 30th anniversary of his death, a look back at rare and unpublished Life pictures from the King's glory days
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NAIROBI: Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, yesterday reiterated her claim that the Aids virus was a deliberately created biological agent.
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Science & environment: Scientists home in on secrets of longevity in study of pensioners who live to 90 and beyond
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Four years after publishing a draft human genetic sequence, researchers reach the halfway point in producing the "gold standard" version.
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Helen Mirren wins a Screen Actors Guild award for The Queen, in a pointer to possible Oscar success.
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A phonics champion and university academics feature prominently in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Life & style: King of Ivy League style marks anniversary with party for fashion royalty.
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London - Women with breast cancer were offered new hope this week by research hailed as the biggest advance in treatment for the disease for 30 years.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen   Mother lived through the whole of the 20th century without once   having to open or draw her bedroom curtains herself.
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Celebrity activist Bianca Jagger, along with two Indian religious scholars, an Argentinian scientist and a Russian human rights group, won the 2004 Right Livelihood Awards, known as the âalternative Nobels.
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A public-health article published online by THE LANCET suggests that Philip Morris, one of the world&#39;s leading tobacco manufacturers, was covertly involved in scientific research into the health effects of tobacco 30 years ago, and conducted research into
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Exactly ten years ago I was sitting in a small but cosy flat in the west of   Helsinki, waiting to interview its owner. He was busy in the tiny kitchen,   which lay just past the entrance hall decked out with dozens of cups and   shields won at Karate competitions, preparing a cappuccino for each of us. As   you've probably guessed, his name was Linus Torvalds - the trophies belong to   his wife.
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Two US researchers yesterday shared the Â£760,000 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for their discovery of the molecular machinery behind the scent of lilac in the spring, the bouquet of a vintage burgundy or the smell of napalm in the morning.
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The lead singer of British band UB40 has quit the band after nearly 30 years, citing management problems for his split from a group which rose to fame in the anti-Thatcher culture of the 1980s.