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Antarctica’s ‘deflated football’ fossil is world’s second-biggest egg

June 18, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica’s coast that looked like a deflated football has turned out to be a unique find – the second-largest …

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Fossils from Mongolia, Argentina show some dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs

June 17, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

A fossilized egg laid by Mussaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that grew to 20 feet in length and lived in what is now Argentina is seen in image released June …

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China postpones Beidou satellite launch over technical problem

June 16, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

The launch pad of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center is seen the day before the Beidou-3 satellite, the last satellite of China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System, is set to launch …

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KBR wins $570 million contract for NASA spaceflight operations

June 15, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Houston-based engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execute spaceflight operations at Marshall Space Flight Center …

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Researchers in Thailand testing horseshoe bats for coronavirus

June 13, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Researchers in Thailand began collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns they may pose a threat to local residents, a government statement …

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Baby dragons take their bow in a Slovenian cave

June 12, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

POSTOJNA, Slovenia (Reuters) – Three rare aquatic creatures known as baby dragons are going on display in an aquarium at Slovenia’s Postojna Cave, one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions. …

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China set to complete Beidou network rivalling GPS in global navigation

June 12, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up …

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Researchers in Chile unearth 74 million year old mammal teeth

June 11, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean and Argentine researchers have unearthed teeth in far-flung Patagonia belonging to a mammal that lived 74 million years ago, the oldest such remains yet discovered in …

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World’s largest green turtle colony nearly twice as big as thought

June 11, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on Wednesday, after drones enabled better surveys of the …

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Scientists create embryo-like research model from human stem cells

June 11, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to create an embryo-like research model to help them study some of the earliest stages of human development. The model …