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The first human colonists on Mars will have to forgo many of the creature comforts of Earth -- things like enjoying an ozone layer, for example, or opting out of rearing genetically engineered Martian babies. Fortunately, one essential earthly amenit...
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The beleaguered orca population in Puget Sound near Seattle finally has something to celebrate -- one of the females recently delivered a baby. A baby killer whale was spotted in aerial footage that aired on Jan. 10 on local television stations in S...
science / science - 5 years ago
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient steam bath that the Maya likely used for religious rituals -- and possibly relaxation -- more than 2,500 years ago. The steam bath, discovered in the ancient Maya city of Nakum in what is now Guatemala, had...
science / science - 5 years ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Top officials from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration on Tuesday did not attend a congressional committee convened to question them over the government's strategy in a crackdown on fuel theft. Lawma...
science / science - 5 years ago
The first plants grown on the moon have begun to sprout.
science / science - 5 years ago
Teresa Camacho Badani's boots brimmed with water after slogging through flowing streams in Bolivia's mountainous cloud forest. It had been a taxing day searching for an elusive frog that potentially still inhabited the gushing streams here --...
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The stock rose as much as 6.8 percent to $355.50 in New York after Netflix said its most-popular plan would increase to $13 a month as of Tuesday from $11. Investors are showing confidence that Netflix subscribers will continue to pay up for the com...
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The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said. Since the outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 1, a total of 649 people have repor...
science / science - 5 years ago
Peri-Ann Savidge shares her perspective on autism as a lifelong condition.
science / science - 5 years ago
Netflix has a good shot at being among the ones left standing if — and this is no certainty — it can remain financially irrational, and if competitors stay unwise enough to make Netflix’s simple technology and no-frills product even more appealing....
science / science - 5 years ago
The Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, said on Tuesday it would partially lift a ban on some meat and dairy products from South Africa after its neighbor took steps to contain an outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease. T...
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Three cargoes of U.S. crude are heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, trade sources said on Monday, the first departures since late September and a 90-day pause in the two countries' trade war that began last month. The shipments mark a change...
science / science - 5 years ago
It's January and we're all trying to be the best versions of ourselves. We're
science / science - 5 years ago
China slaughtered almost 700 million pigs in 2017. African swine fever does not harm humans but is deadly to pigs and there is no vaccine or cure. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen urged Beijing last month to "not conceal" information about the disea...
science / science - 5 years ago
China on Tuesday signaled more stimulus measures in the near term as a tariff war with the United States took a heavy toll on its trade sector and raised the risk of a sharper economic slowdown. The world's second-largest economy will aim to achieve...