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NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020
NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space…
Legislators: Boeing wanted to wait 3 years to fix Max flaw
Two key lawmakers said Friday that Boeing planned to delay fixing a nonworking safety alert on…
14 lions on the loose in South Africa, with nowhere to go
A pride of 14 lions is on the loose near a mining community bordering South Africa’s…
Manipulating electron spin using artificial molecular motors
Artificial molecular switches and machines have undergone rapid advances over the past several decades. Particularly, artificial…
Probing semiconductor crystals with a sphere of light
Tohoku University researchers have developed a technique using a hollow sphere to measure the electronic and…
Behavioural correlations of the domestication syndrome are decoupled in modern dog breeds
Scientists since Darwin have been intrigued by the simultaneous alteration of multiple morphological, physiological and behavioural…
Antarctic glacier named after GFZ satellite mission 'GRACE'
A glacier in the West Antarctic has been named after the German-American satellite mission GRACE. GRACE…
Diabetes can be detected in gut of cats
The cat is the only animal, aside from humans and primates, which spontaneously develops type 2…
Hedge fund buys struggling book retailer Barnes & Noble
Struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble said Friday it was being sold to hedge fund Elliott Management,…