The 12.6% pay rise had been calculated as part of an ancient pay structure, which means the Lord Chancellor always receives an annual salary higher than the Lord Chief Justice.

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The ancient Greeks derived a structure for a speech for precisely this occasion.

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Offers of cash caused a surge of dopamine in a tiny piece of neural machinery called the nucleus accumbens--a structure as ancient as backbones that plays a key role in addiction.

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The two institutes have developed compact and portable x-ray devices capable of analysing the structure and chemical composition of ancient bones, buildings, and art objects in a non-destructive fashion.

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Built in 2008 to showcase the Buddha's teaching, the pagoda is the world's largest unsupported dome structure, pieced together using an ancient technique of interlocking blocks.

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This had been an important structure for the annual Lughnasa Festival, when the ancient Celts celebrated the harvest season.

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Scientists say there are temperature variations in this ancient heat energy that can give them insights into the early structure of the Universe.

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