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Rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on the longest day of the year
By Ann Wang CHIAYI, Taiwan (Reuters) - A shimmering ring of light flashed into view on Sunday in parts of the eastern hemisphere as the moo…
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Fossils from Mongolia, Argentina show some dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed the first fossils of soft-shelled eggs laid by dinosaurs - two disparate sp…
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Antarctica's 'deflated football' fossil is world's second-biggest egg
By Will Dunham and Dave Sherwood (Reuters) - A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica's coast that lo…
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China postpones Beidou satellite launch over technical problem
BEIJING (Reuters) - China indefinitely postponed on Tuesday the launch of the final satellite of its Beidou navigation network because of t…
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KBR wins $570 million contract for NASA spaceflight operations
(Reuters) - Houston-based engineering company KBR Inc said on Monday it was awarded a $570.3 million contract by NASA to develop and execut…
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Researchers in Thailand testing horseshoe bats for coronavirus
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Researchers in Thailand began collecting samples from horseshoe bats to test them for coronavirus amid concerns they ma…
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Baby dragons take their bow in a Slovenian cave
By Marja Novak POSTOJNA, Slovenia (Reuters) - Three rare aquatic creatures known as baby dragons are going on display in an aquarium at Slo…
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China set to complete Beidou network rivalling GPS in global navigation
By Ryan Woo and Liangping Gao BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellit…
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Researchers in Chile unearth 74 million year old mammal teeth
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean and Argentine researchers have unearthed teeth in far-flung Patagonia belonging to a mammal …
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Tiny 13,500-year-old bird statuette shows origins of Chinese art
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tiny statuette of a bird carved from burnt bone about 13,500 years ago reveals the origins of Chine…
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Scientists create embryo-like research model from human stem cells
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have used human embryonic stem cells to create an embryo-like research model to help them stu…
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World's largest green turtle colony nearly twice as big as thought
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The world's largest population of nesting green turtles is nearly twice as big as previously thought, scientists said on…
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Russia's space chief complains about American jokes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Americans should show more respect for Russia's space program after relying on it for nine years as the only way to send…
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Robot built for Japan's aging workforce finds coronavirus role
TOKYO (Reuters) - Mira Robotics developed its "ugo" robot to reinforce greying Japan's shrinking workforce, but as the coronavirus threat p…