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The remains of a Volkswagen Beetle (foreground) in which an ...

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Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:00:02 +0100
(Reuters) - The remains of a Volkswagen Beetle (foreground) in which an entire family of five died while trying to escape a landslide lie near workers searching for more victims, in Sapucaia, 65 miles (104 km) northeast of Rio de Janeiro January 11, 2012. With those five a total of 18 bodies were found and another four people still missing due to heavy rains since the New Year, according to the Civil Defense, as Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff created a national task force to work towards preventing floods and landslides. REUTERS/Ana Carolina Fernandes (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

Wasabi alarm, beetle sex win Ig Nobel spoof prizes

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Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:00:19 +0200
(Reuters) - Prognosticators who predicted the end of the world and got it wrong, scientists who built a wasabi fire alarm, and researchers who studied how the urge to urinate affects decision-making were among the winners of spoof Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday. (Source: Reuters)

People look at a vintage Volkswagen Beetle car tuned like the ...

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Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:40:07 +0200
(Reuters) - People look at a vintage Volkswagen Beetle car tuned like the famous 'Herbie' car in the U.S. movie 'The Love Bug' from 1968 in the central Swiss village of Andermatt July 8, 2011. REUTERS /Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT TRANSPORT)

A spruce forest attacked by engrave beetles (Scolytidae) is ...

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Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:10:02 +0200
(Reuters) - A spruce forest attacked by engrave beetles (Scolytidae) is seen at the Czech Republic's Sumava National Park, June 4, 2011.REUTERS/Petr Josek

A pair of rhinoceros beetles crawl along a branch in a park ...

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Tue, 10 May 2011 08:20:01 +0200
(Reuters) - A pair of rhinoceros beetles crawl along a branch in a park in Singapore May 8, 2011. The rhinoceros beetle is one of the biggest insects in Southeast Asia, measuring up to 43mm. Only the male rhinoceros beetle has the distinctive horns, which it uses for fighting and impressing a female. Picture taken May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Tan Shung Sin (SINGAPORE - Tags: ANIMALS)