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“We have definitely found it.”

Atlantis, that is. Independent researcher Robert Sarmast claims sonar data supports his hunch that the lost city lies buried beneath sediment on the bed of the Mediterranean south-east of Cyprus (Reuters, 15 November)

“Buddha, Mohammed and Jesus all shared a series of mystical experiences or alterations in consciousness, and thus probably carried the gene.”

Dean Hamer, director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the US National Cancer Institute, explaining the existence of the “God gene” (telegraph.co.uk, 14 November)

“There’s a high risk that it’s impossible to determine who the father is.”

Judge Paul…

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