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Kitum Cave in Kenya used to be a lot smaller than it is, but over hundreds of years it has been dug out deeper and deeper.  In theory, the excavators turned out to be area elephants; along with other mammals the pachyderms gather in the cave to partake of its natural saltlick properties.  In the [...]  

Researchers at MIT have taken inspiration from the simple razor clam to design a “smart” anchor that burrows through the ocean floor. The so-called RoboClam could prove useful as tethers for small robotic submarines that are routinely repositioned to monitor variables such as currents and temperatures. The device can burrow into the seabed, be directed to a specific location and can also operate in reverse, making them easier to recover...  

You may have heard that we recently turned five, and as part of our celebration we're asking you (because you complete us) to give us 10 seconds of your time to tell us what Digg means to you, a favorite Digg moment or why you Digg. That's all - a 10 second YouTube clip in response to Jay's video.  

Police in Northern Ireland are facing heightened demands to catch the thieves who have used diggers to steal 11 cash machines in nine months. Robbers also tried to rip out another seven.  

News: BFI have announced the UK DVD release of The Gold Diggers on 28th December 2009 priced at £19.99 RRP. A key film of early Eighties feminist cinema, Sally Potter's debut feature The Gold Diggers is released on DVD for the first time and includes five ...  

ARCHAEOLOGISTS will return to a site in Grimsby next week hoping to uncover more secrets of the town's past.Initial excavations began in May as part of a project that could offer the last chance to discover important artefacts before the construction of a £12m residential and retail development at the town centre site.The trial trenches confirmed the presence of well-preserved archaeological deposits dating from the medieval period.Read the...  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Time is running out for ginseng diggers in West Virginia. The ginseng digging season that started on Sept. 1 ends on Nov. 30. Ginseng roots can be taken to any one of 10 Division of Forestry weigh stations for certification a...  

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The bench and the kids came in for praise from the Montana Tech coach Friday evening after the Orediggers beat South Dakota Tech 79-63 in a non-conference college women's basketball game played in the Montana Tech HPER Complex.  

Christina Scheler led two Douglas teammates in double-figure kills and the Patriots were strong in service en route to a 3-1 win over Lead-Deadwood in Black Hills Conference high school volleyball on Tuesday night in Box Elder.  

THE family of two Australian diggers lost in Papua New Guinea during World War II have finally laid their loved ones to rest. In a small ceremony at Bomana War Cemetery, just outside the capital Port Moresby, Lieutenant Tim Logan and Lance-Sergeant ...  

NORTH MARA, Tanzania -- The rising price of gold has intensified a decadelong conflict between international companies and the small-scale miners they replaced. Over the 1990s, Tanzania dismantled its socialist institutions and brought in ...  

FOURTEEN months after Sabi, an army black labrador, went missing, in the same Afghan firefight in which SAS Trooper Mark Donaldson was awarded his Victoria Cross, the much-loved veteran explosive-sniffer dog has returned to barracks. Sabi was declared missing in action in September last year after a fierce gun battle involving Australian, US and Afghan special forces pitted against well-armed Taliban insurgents. Nine Australian soldiers...  

Australian military engineers have arrived in Indonesia to help rebuild the earthquake-devastated city of Padang. One hundred Australian Defence Force (ADF) engineers as well as special equipment arrived in Pariaman, north of Padang, on Friday. Colonel  

Dynamite Bronco 'D' awaits 'DiggersFort Morgan Times(RB Headley) These Broncos post numbers that could put “Orange Crush” to shame along with almost any other legendary defense. Even classic old-schoolers ...