15 May, 2008
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Dubai is on the verge of entering the new millennium but is faced with a serious problem. The oil is running dry and the emirate needs an urgent solution. The ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has a brainwave to turn Dubai into the world’s number-one tourist destination, and the idea for the iconic Burj Al-Arab hotel is born. It’s an audacious dream.
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15 May, 2008
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Dubai’s desert landscape is transforming itself into the tourist capital of Earth, and the location of the most audacious reclaimed land project to date. From the depths of the Arabian Gulf, 300 new islands are appearing above the waves to form the world map.
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13 May, 2008
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Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala, and extending into the Yucatan Peninsula lie the fabled pyramids, temples and palaces of the Maya. While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the dark ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and had made tremendous strides in the areas of mathematics and calendars.
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10 May, 2008
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Challenging a century of romantic perceptions and widely held scientific conclusions is hardly a popular chore. The killer T. rex, greatly beloved by children and filmmakers, is memorialized in models, movies, lesson plans and countless museum displays. Horner says the reaction to his hypothesis is often heated. His colleagues in paleontology seem largely unconvinced.
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10 May, 2008
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Tropical Rainforest tells the story of the 400 million-year evolution of tropical rain forests, their recent and rapid destruction, and the intense efforts of scientists to understand them even as they disappear.
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