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NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens
Across his years of studying auroras, University of Calgary physicist Eric Donovan had periodically seen pictures and data showing something…
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Last Month Was among the Hottest Julys Ever Recorded
CLIMATEWIRE | Last month ranked among the planet’s top three hottest Julys on record. The extreme temperatures came as deadly…
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Robot unties knotted cables but can’t pick them up off the floor
A robot that can untangle long cables with just two simple grippers may be useful in aircraft and car manufacturing…
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Data Vu: Why Breaches Involve the Same Stories Again and Again
In the classic comedy Groundhog Day, protagonist Phil, played by Bill Murray, asks “What would you do if you were…
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Gene therapy trial shows early success in people with haemophilia B
In a small study of 10 people with haemophilia B, nine were still forgoing the condition’s standard treatment about two…
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Starch supplement reduces the risk of some hereditary cancers
Taking a supplement of 30 grams of ‘resistant starch’ a day — about the amount in two slightly unripe bananas…
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10 per cent chance falling rockets will hit someone in next decade
Humans are sending ever more rockets up into space – bits of them falling back to Earth could result in…
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For the first time, scientists spot humpback whales riding a ship’s wake
Two years ago, a team of marine biologists was fast asleep on a research vessel off the coast of Brazil…
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Firms pledge to clean up construction with green net-zero concrete
A coalition of 17 companies has pledged to begin buying greener concrete this decade, and work towards buying only net-zero…
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African wild dogs give birth 22 days later than they did 30 years ago
African wild dogs like to breed at the coolest time of year, and climate change has shifted the average timing…
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