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High in the Andes Mountains, dagger-shaped ice spires house thriving microbial communities, offering an oasis for…

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Indonesia cancels tsunami alert after strong quake

A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering…

BA fined £183m over computer theft of passenger data

British Airways has been fined more than £183 million after computer hackers last year stole bank…

Italy's Prosecco hills join UNESCO World Heritage list

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How conspiracy theories followed man to the Moon

It was the biggest piece of supposed fake news before the term “fake news” was even…

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Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study…

DJ set to be first black African in space killed in bike crash

A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space…

How visions of the Moon inspired centuries of storytellers

By landing on the Moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin arrived at a place…

Small step, giant memories: Neil Armstrong's moonwalk remembered

Half a century has passed—but the moment Moon pioneer Neil Armstrong took his historic first step…