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(Bloomberg) -- India was forced to put on hold its second mission to the moon after discovering a glitch at the last moment, a setback to its ambitious plan to become the first nation to land on the south pole of Earth’s closest neighbor.The mission,...
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science / science - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- A U.K. parliamentary committee told the government it must publish a delayed review into the role of Huawei Technologies Ltd. by the end of August, saying there could be reasons to ban the Chinese company from Britain’s phone networks....
science / science - 4 years ago
It took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon a half-century ago. Amid the sea of white shirts, black ties and pocket protectors inside NASA's firing room for the liftoff of Apollo 11 sat JoAnn Morgan. Morgan,...
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(Bloomberg) -- Gilead Sciences Inc. agreed to pay $5.1 billion to raise its stake in biotechnology company Galapagos NV to deepen its research into inflammatory diseases and other disorders, sending the Belgian drugmaker’s stock to an all-time high.T...
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The company said the regulator issued a complete response letter, declining its application for using the drug in patients with Type-1 diabetes where insulin alone has not been able to control blood sugar levels. Farxiga is already approved in the U...
science / science - 4 years ago
The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Goma, the biggest city to have been affected by the disease since its outbreak in eastern DR Congo last August, the health ministry said on Sunday. The patient is a pastor who had been preaching in church...
science / science - 4 years ago
Zejula, which belongs to a promising class of medicines and is a marketed product for ovarian cancer, came to GSK when it bought U.S. cancer specialist Tesaro for $5.1 billion in December. About 22,000 women are diagnosed each year with ovarian canc...
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(Bloomberg) -- Netease Inc. is planning an initial public offering in the U.S. of its Youdao arm that could raise at least $300 million, people familiar with the matter said, propelling its expansion into a crowded online education arena.The company...
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A man was killed and his wife was injured when he was struck by lightning as they hiked in Colorado on Sunday. The couple was on the Bear Creek Trail on Flagstaff Mountain when the bolt struck him around 1 p.m., according to the Boulder County Sheri...
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Native Hawaiian groups vowed to protect Hawaii's tallest mountain from an attempt to resume construction of a giant telescope. The road to the summit will be closed Monday morning as trucks carrying construction equipment start to make their way to...
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China's climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions hit 12.3 billion tonnes in 2014, up 53.5% in just a decade, the environment ministry said on Monday, citing the country's latest carbon "inventory" submitted to the United Nations. China's carbon emis...
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Claire G. discusses how it feels to be told she doesn't have POTS anymore, despite still experiencing some symptoms.
science / science - 4 years ago
India's space agency said it delayed the launch of its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, in the early hours of Monday due to a "technical snag" which was observed less than an hour before the scheduled liftoff. "A technical snag was observed in l...
science / science - 4 years ago
The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in Goma, the biggest city to have been affected by the disease since its outbreak in eastern DR Congo last August, the health ministry said on Sunday. "Given that the patient was quickly identified, as well...