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Rubik's Cube inventor is back with Rubik's 360
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by balthazarus  2-1-2009   
 RUBIK’S CUBE FACTS :) * It has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations on its six faces * It has only one solution * More than 350,000,000 Cubes sold worldwide * Invented in 1974 but not exported from Hungary until 1980 * A standard 3x3 Rubik’s cube measures 2¼ inches (5.7cm) on each side * It has 39,600 entries on YouTube * The first international 'speedcubing’ championship was held in Hungary in 1982 and was won by Los Angeles student Minh Thai with a time of 22.95 seconds. * The current world 'speedcubing’ Eric Akkersdijk with an official time of 7.08 seconds. * Variations on 'speedcubing’ include solving the cube with a single hand, with feet, blindfolded or underwater in a single breath. * The slowest solver is thought to be Graham Parker, 45, a builder from Portchester, Hants, who finished his Cube earlier this month 26 years after he bought it.
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Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning
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by balthazarus  2-1-2009    3
 "Clearly there is some way to go before it can be used effectively, but the advances in this field are such that we will see more and more solutions to the problems faced." "A number of projects around the world are now attempting to store tissue and DNA from endangered species."

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