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Nobel Prizes - Hayabusa 2 latest - IPCC meeting - North Pole science

Adam Rutherford reviews this year's Nobel science prizes, and talks to Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, a 2009 laureate and president of the Royal Society, about the experience of being tipped as a Nobel winner. This can included a stressful condition known as Pre-Nobelitis and having unidentifi...

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U.S.-Russian trio returns to Earth from space station on Sputnik anniversary

What better way to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the start of the Space Age than to see the successful return of U.S. and Russian spacefliers from orbit? NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, along with Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, touched down in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 5:44 p...

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Conor McGregor Completely Overshadowed By His Cooler 18-Month-Old Son

McGregor Jr. for the win

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'Why Don't We Dunk Him in Water and See If He Floats.' Lindsey Graham Fires Back at Kavanaugh Protestor

Footage of the incident shows the protestor confronting Graham about Kavanaugh not taking a polygraph test

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The Response to the Kavanaugh Allegations Exposes the Lessons We Failed to Learn from the Catholic Clergy's Abuse

What we should know about the "presumption of innocence"

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Why Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Looks Increasingly Likely After FBI Investigation

Two key senators initially appeared satisfied with the results of an FBI investigation

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U.S. Charges 7 Russian Intelligence Officers in Hack Attack Against Anti-Doping Agencies

Before the indictment was announced, nations accused the GRU of cybercrimes

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Here's What Stood Out About the Trump Family's Taxes, According to 2 Former Federal Tax Lawyers

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is investigating

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Lockheed unveils giant moon lander which could let astronauts stay for two weeks

The 46-foot single-stage lander is twice as tall as the Lunar Module used on the Apollo missions

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'Every Day We Find More Bodies': Indonesians Search Among the Rubble as Quake Death Toll Passes 1,500

Indonesia is prone to disaster but last week’s twin tragedies were the worst to strike in years

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Lockheed's concept moon lander can carry four astronauts

Lockheed Martin has unveiled the designs for a reusable lander built to ferry four astronauts and 1.1 tons of cargo between lunar orbit and the surface of the moon. Leveraging tech from the aerospace giant's Orion spacecraft for deep-space missions, the 14-meter, single-stage vessel can camp for up...

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Has Anything Changed For American Women Since 2016?

It was like watching a re-enactment of the 2016 election, in one day. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee

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Indonesian Soldiers Ordered to Fire on Looters in the Wake of Sulawesi's Earthquake and Tsunami

Authorities had previously agreed to overlook looting as vital supplies ran out

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An Investigation Into President Trump's Taxes Could Mean Tens of Millions in Fines

A New York Times report alleged Trump's family cheated the IRS for decades

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NASA addresses unexplained space station hole but mystery remains unsolved

NASA stressed in a brief statement issued from its Washington headquarters that Dimitri Rogozin, general director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, had in public comments this week ruled out a manufacturing defect as the cause. Rather than giving greater credence to foul play, the elimination...