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The device used to measure wind speed at every weather station in the world was invented at…
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What a little angel! I can’t get over it. He’s just so cute. How did I go this…
could a renewed focus on energy transform biomedicine?
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Keystone XL Revival Gains Momentum as New Pipeline Plan Emerges
An oil pipeline crossing the Canada-US border may be back on government agendas, as the proponent, South Bow…
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Astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of one of the universe’s most extreme objects: a…
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NASA hopes to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028, but building the spacecraft that will take them…