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U.K. Detects 1st Bird Flu Case in Mammals in Sub-Antarctic
LONDON (Reuters) — Bird flu has been detected for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctic, Britai...
January 17, 2024
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JAXA Spacecraft SLIM Ready to Begin Final Preparations Toward Japan’s 1st Lunar Landing
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's lunar probe SLIM is ready to begin preparations for a lunar...
January 15, 2024
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Italian May Regain Use of Hand after Nerve Transfer from Amputated Leg
TURIN (Reuters) — A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralyzed by a severe road accident, th...
January 11, 2024
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Largest Male Specimen of World’s Most Venomous Spider Will Be ‘milked’ for Venom
SYDNEY (AP) — With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the worl...
January 10, 2024
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Urban School Farm Opens World of Opportunity to British Teenagers
BIRKENHEAD, England (Reuters) — The rural life of rearing rare breed sheep and nurturing alpacas is ...
January 6, 2024
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Japan Astronaut Likely to Land on Moon in U.S.-Led Program; Tokyo Aiming for Late 2020s
WASHINGTON — A Japanese astronaut is likely to land on the moon as part of the Artemis lunar explora...
December 24, 2023
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Fossils Show Dismembered Young Dinosaurs in Belly of T. Rex Cousin
The young Gorgosaurus knew what it liked for dinner. About 75 million years ago in what is now Canad...
December 21, 2023
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Astronomers Surprised to Find Planet ‘too Massive for Its Star’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Our Milky Way galaxy’s most common type of star is called a red dwarf — much ...
December 20, 2023
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Webb Space Telescope Spies Precocious ‘teenage’ Galaxies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Since becoming operational last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has made...
December 20, 2023
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U.K.’s Only Pandas Return to China
LONDON (AFP-Jiji) — The U.K.’s only giant pandas left Edinburgh for China on Dec. 4 after spending 1...
December 15, 2023
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Oldest Mosquito Fossil Comes with a Bloodsucking Surprise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria and ...
December 14, 2023
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Gamma-ray Burst in Galaxy Disturbed Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — About two billion years ago in a galaxy far beyond our Milky Way, a big star ...
December 14, 2023
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Scientists Discern Internal Structure of Dwarf Planet Eris
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, h...
December 13, 2023
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White House Delays Menthol Cigarette Ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials will take more time to review a sweeping plan from U.S. heal...
December 13, 2023
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Iran Sent Capsule Capable of Carrying Animals
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran said on Dec. 6 it sent a capsule into orbit capable of carrying animals as it pre...
December 13, 2023
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