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Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa may have the image of relentless toil and low productivity, but experts say new tech is changing the picture. "There's a digital revolution unfolding in Africa," says Pascal Bonnet, a deputy director of CIRAD, the F...
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Rocket Lab sent a trio of research satellites for the U.S. military into orbit tonight from a launch pad that’s thousands of miles from America’s shores, in New Zealand. The Los Angeles-based company’s low-cost Electron rocket lifted off from its sea...
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About 5.8 million Americans now have Alzheimer's disease. That number will climb to at least 13.8 million by 2050, a 138% rise with a heavy toll.
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The 78-year-old 'Jeopardy!' host revealed he was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer in March.
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Could this be true? Russia’s Sukhoi Su-57 PAK-FA fifth-generation stealth fighter is listed in the Trump Administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) as a developmental dual conventional and nuclear capable strike aircraft. If the NPR is correct...
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“Mixing stealthy aircraft with conventional aircraft, deception, air defense suppression, and electronic jamming will complicate an enemy’s defensive problem set by an order of magnitude,” the paper writes.Despite the loud and fast-growing chorus of...
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Marches were held at some 100 locations worldwide as part of a global day of action. Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, an MIT Disobedience Prize Winner and founder of #MeTooSTEM, led the charge. “I have a lot of qualms about marching for science bc science h...
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When former Miss Illinois, Karolina Jasko, found herself with what she thought was an infected thumbnail, she went to her doctor to get it checked out and possibly saved her thumb – and maybe her life. “A few days later, my finger swelled up really...
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The sources were confirming an earlier report from Ennahar TV. Said Bouteflika, who served as a top advisor to the presidency for more than a decade, acted as Algeria's de facto ruler after his brother suffered a stroke in 2013 which left him in a w...
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Recent fighting in southern Tripoli in Libya has killed 187 people and wounded 1,157, a spokesman for the ministry of health said on Saturday. The government has also transferred a number of wounded to Tunisia, Turkey, Italy and Ukraine for medical...
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Diplomats and scientists from 132 nations wrapped up six days of negotiations in Paris Saturday over the wording of a landmark report on the dire state of Nature and its impact on humanity, a UN official told AFP. The bombshell executive summary of...
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The Hubble telescope has captured a dazzling new photograph of a spiral galaxy, NGC 2903. NGC 2903 is part of the constellation Leo, located roughly 30 million light-years from Earth. NASA used the powerful orbital telescope to explore it along with...
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Iran will continue with low-level uranium enrichment in line with its nuclear deal with world powers, Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on Saturday, despite a U.S. move to stop it. Washington acted on Friday to force Iran...
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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have uncovered part of an ancient cemetery near the country's famed pyramids on the Giza plateau just outside Cairo.