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US Spy Satellite Zuma Failed to Reach Orbit, Assumed Destroyed

Reuters 09/01/2018

The classified intelligence satellite, built by Northrop Grumman Corp, failed...

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Why Blaming Migratory Animals for Global Disease Is a Step in Haste

Alice Risely, Bethany J. Hoye and Marcel Klaassen 08/01/2018

Research suggests that 'pathogens might not get such an...

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How the Whalers of Moby-Dick Could Help Put Humans on Mars

Matthew Bruen 07/01/2018

There are astonishing parallels between the whaling industry and...

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Conscientiousness in Animals, Explaining Tidy Birds and Neat Bees

Mikel Maria Delgado 06/01/2018

Our understanding of animal personality was stalled for years...

Playing With Balloons, or How to Use a Condom in the Hinterland

Khabar Lahariya 05/01/2018

In the year UP chief minister Adityanath turned the...

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Bharat Biotech’s Typhoid Vaccine Gets WHO Nod

The WHO pre-qualification makes the vaccine eligible for procurement...

FILE PHOTO: A large piece of coral can be seen in the lagoon on Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, northeast from Bundaberg town in Queensland, Australia, June 9, 2015. Credit: Reuters/David Gray/File Photo

Corals at Risk as Marine Heat Waves Strike More Often

Alister Doyle 05/01/2018

High ocean temperatures are harming tropical corals almost five...