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While lab-grown hamburgers and chicken are already in development around the world, Israel's Aleph Farms claims to be the first company to have developed steak in a laboratory and is in talks with some high-end restaurants in the United States, Europ...
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The company bought the drug when it acquired U.S. cancer specialist Tesaro for $5.1 billion in December and Zejula is already approved for certain ovarian cancer patients. For GSK, the success of Zejula would help it access a wider population group...
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Quora users say smart people must deal with the absurdly high expectations that others place on them.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man died this week after being infected with a flesh-eating bacteria during a trip to a Florida beach. According to news reports, the man became ill shortly after returning from vacation in Destin Beach where he was...
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Fourteen people were killed when a building collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rains which have left more than 130 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday. Floods and landslides caused by the annual deluge have wreaked deadly...
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India's space organization is examining the technical snag behind Monday's aborted launch of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon and expects to set a new launch date within days. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off less th...
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Indian space chiefs pressed to quickly set a new date to launch a landmark moon mission after aborting one liftoff Monday just 56 minutes ahead of schedule, media reports said. The Chandrayaan-2 -- or Moon Chariot 2 -- rocket, a key part of India's...
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Designed by Hyunseok An, the Coral is an indoors farming kit that lets you cultivate algae at home. It consists of 16 cells that can host 2 grams of algae each. When the cell turns dark green, the algae is ready for harvest. Read more...More about Te...
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A giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so. Underwater photographer Jake Wilton was diving off Australia's west coast whe...
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Environmental activists sought to sow chaos in five British cities on Monday in a bid to force the government to act to help avert what they cast as a climate cataclysm. The Extinction Rebellion group disrupted London with 11 days of protests in Apr...
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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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Consider this list of charities when deciding where to donate.
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(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....
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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...