Why private companies are racing to build small rockets
There's a new space race underway, but this competition isn’t quite on the scale of the one that took place between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1960s.This time, NASA isn’t even a key...
View ArticleThis strangely orbiting space object could have ties to Planet Nine
Niku is the Chinese word for rebellious — and it’s the name scientists have given to a new space object that orbits wildly out of sync with the rest of our solar system. Located in the Kuiper Belt,...
View ArticleMedical marijuana just became more accessible to US scientists
Medical marijuana is legal in 25 states and Washington, DC, but scientists studying the drug still face tough government regulations limiting its growth and distribution.The Drug Enforcement...
View ArticleIsrael Space Agency fears launchpad explosion could jeopardize China deal
The launchpad destruction of an advanced Israeli communications satellite may have dealt a blow to the country's aerospace industry, the Israel Space Agency (ISA) said Friday.The unmanned SpaceX Falcon...
View ArticleGiant pandas are no longer endangered in China
Decades of conservation work in China have paid off for the giant panda, whose status was upgraded Sunday from "endangered" to "vulnerable" due to a population rebound, officials said.The improvement...
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Obama visits Laos, pledges money to rid country of Vietnam-era bombs
The United States will intensify efforts to help Laos rid itself of unexploded bombs, the White House said Tuesday during a historic visit by President Barack Obama.Laos became the world's most-bombed...
View ArticleOcean warming called 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation'
Melting glaciers and bleached corals: We hear about them a lot when it comes to the effects of global warming on our oceans.But other impacts aren’t so visible — like whole species of fish, seabirds...
View ArticleWorld's largest jet to be delivered to China
Ukraine said on Wednesday it may deliver the world's largest jet — originally developed for the Soviet Union's abandoned space shuttle program — to China within the next five years. And a partnership...
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10 years and 36 operations later, face transplants are still tricky
Ten years and 36 operations later, the face transplant remains a tricky endeavor with a long list of health and mental risks to be weighed against the benefits, experts say.A major procedure, it helps...
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In Myanmar, refugees from Muslim-Buddhist conflict remain in limbo
Four years after fleeing religious riots that emptied her Muslim Rohingya neighborhood in Myanmar's Rakhine State, Myee Shay yearns for the trappings of a normal life: a job, a school for her children...
View ArticleNearly 10 percent of the world's wilderness has disappeared since the 1990s
Areas of the world that are untouched by humans are disappearing, with some 10 percent of the planet's wilderness gone since the 1990s, researchers said Thursday.The study in the journal Current...
View ArticleNorway is outraged with Facebook for censoring an iconic Vietnam War photo
Facebook faced outrage Friday for repeatedly deleting a historic Vietnam War photo, including in a post by Norway's premier, which appears to be the first case of the social network censoring a...
View ArticleSome US national parks are feeling pressure from developers
More than 300 million tourists visited US national parks in 2015, a 5 percent increase from the previous year. The National Park Service celebrated its 100th birthday last month, and recently President...
View ArticleIf other animals can regenerate their limbs, why can’t humans?
Have you ever watched a fish swim and thought that all of the long, tiny bones in its pectoral fin looked a bit — just a little bit — like fingers? Or seen a salamander that’s regrown its tail after a...
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The Standing Rock Sioux 'know what they're doing' in North Dakota
For weeks, members of the Standing Rock Sioux have gathered in Cannonball, North Dakota standing against what's known as the Dakota Access pipeline.The 1,172-mile pipeline is a $3.7 billion dollar...
View ArticleThose 'flapping' Solari boards at US train stations are leaving the terminal
I personally remember the huge train schedule board located in Grand Central Terminal in New York. I'd just stand there, mesmerized as the panels flipped and the sounds they made flapped. And...
View ArticleAn Afghan refugee is using drones to save other refugees' lives
When it comes to rescue missions, Mehdi Salehi says every second counts, and he would know.More than a decade ago he fled the Taliban in Afghanistan. He made his way to Turkey, and later rode a flimsy...
View ArticleMapping the Milky Way as never before
The Gaia space probe, launched in 2013, has mapped more than a billion stars in the Milky Way, vastly expanding the inventory of known stars in our galaxy, the European Space Agency said...
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Massachusetts pushes to brew up new green businesses to help fight climate...
A few years ago, when Sorin Grama had just finished graduate work at MIT and was looking for a place to build his new solar electricity startup, he came across an old abandoned warehouse.“My partner...
View Article'Happy' the monkey is a Syrian zoo's last resident
At a rundown park near the front lines in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a fragile truce has brought out visitors to see the last animal left at a makeshift zoo — "Happy" the monkey.The 22-year-old...
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