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Ottawa-Québec City service will resume — VIA RAIL
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon will launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will launch NASA astronauts Bob Behnkin and Doug Hurley on a crewed te...
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Novel device can generate electricity from air using bacterial protein
The so-called Air-gen technology links electrodes with electrically conductive protein nanowires synthesized by the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens. "For...
US peach farmer wins $265 mln damages over Bayer, BASF herbicide
The punitive damages awarded to farmer Bill Bader, of Campbell, came a day after the jury awarded him $15 million in actual damages, agreeing with his argument ...
China sees rise in new virus cases, death toll rises by 105
Of the 70,000-plus cases in mainland China , 10,844 people have been treated and released from hospital. Health authorities reported 2,048 new cases of the v...
Ukraine Produced Rocket Lifts Off, Takes Supplies To International Space Station
Nearly four tons' worth of payloads are packed inside the cylindrical spacecraft - including fresh fruit, cheddar and manchego cheese, and candy (Skittles, Ho...
Stardust or star bust? Betelgeuse's dimming light puzzles astronomers
Betelgeuse , a reddish star that is part of the Orion constellation, may be entering a pre-supernova phase - where it gets fainter before collapsing in a fiery ...
NASA selects four finalists for next Discovery mission
NASA has selected four proposed missions , spread out across the solar system , for further review in its hunt for the next big planetary science missions. Th...
Astronaut shares adorable reunion with dog after 328 days in space
Soon after Koch shared the 29-second clip on social media with the caption, "Not sure who was more excited". From previous research on astronauts, scientist...
Astronaut welcomed home by excited pooch after a year in space
None other than her dog. The video begins by showing LBD inside Koch's home, on her hind legs with her front paws and face pressed up against a glass-panele...
Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day
Medical workers account for about 3.8% of confirmed cases, Mr Zeng added. "11,053 people are in critical condition, 1,523 have died, 8,096 people have been disc...
Storm Dennis: Status orange wind warning issued for Waterford and Wexford
Several flights have been delayed and customers are advised to check with their airlines before going to the airport. Northern ticket holders will be accept...
Distant Kuiper Belt object reveals deep secrets of planetary formation
This marks a "significant advance in understanding overall planetesimal and planet formation" he concluded. Not only do they shed light on the true nature of ...
Disruption as Storm Dennis hits Northern Ireland
The forecaster issued a weather advisory for the country, warning that the storm will bring wet and very windy weather this weekend and into Monday, with a risk...
Today, 30th anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot
Voyager 1 delivered to us a view of Earth we were not accustomed to. During the process, he got input from Candy Hansen and William Kosmann, who both helped ...
Space: Astronomers discover 'alien' radio signals repeating on a 16-day cycle
During this time, the FRB 180916.J0158+65 followed a 16.35-day cycle. Astronomers have discovered new Fast Radio Bursts or FBR's coming from outer space. ...
Solar Orbiter launched to take first pictures of Sun's poles
First, it carries two types of instruments. "The thermal protection system for the spacecraft has been one [of a few] challenges", said César Garcia, Solar Or...
Deepwater Horizon oil spill was bigger than previously thought, study finds
According to the new simulations, lower oil concentrations that were not visible to satellites managed to creep beyond the boundaries of the fishery enclosures ...
Storm Dennis turns A385 between Totnes and Paignton into orange river
A Status Yellow Wind warning is also in place for Limerick. " Storm Dennis will bring some very wet and very windy weather over the weekend and into Monday"....
Latest on the coronavirus spreading in China and beyond
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NASA hiring more astronauts to explore Moon, Mars
Artemis I, the first integrated flight test of the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, aims to send Orion into a lunar distant retrograde orbit, which is a wide...
BP sets net zero targets for 2050 and plans reorganization to deliver
BP did not say how it intends to get emissions from its operations and barrels produced to net zero and halve the intensity of emissions by all products it sell...
Wind delays Northrop Grumman’s supply run to space station
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the first delay on Thursday was due to bad weather after the Sunday launch was aborted at the last minute due to some sen...
Moray flood alert issued as Storm Dennis approaches
All events have been cancelled this weekend in Thetford Forest due to high winds expected from Storm Dennis. Paul Davis, principal meteorologist at the Met O...
Astronaut Christina Koch posts heartwarming video of reunion with dog
Koch is a Jacksonville native and went to White Oak High school for a few years. "I wish I had enough time on there to get bored, but not all", she explained,...
Former IPCC chairman R K Pachauri passes away at 79
Pachauri was the Chairman of UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) when it won the Nobel Peace Price in 2007. Pachauri had to step down from...
Harvey Weinstein closing arguments start
The panel must decide upon the five charges against Weinstein: two counts of predatory sexual assault, and one count each for a first-degree criminal sexual act...
NASA Spots 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Rapidly Approaching Earth
According to CNEOS , this current asteroid will pass over the planet on the 15th of February (tomorrow) at 6:05 am EST. Because of its minimum orbit intersecti...
Scientists find car-sized turtle fossil
The new fossils included the largest-known turtle shell - 9.4 feet (2.86 meters) long, even larger than Archelon's shell - and the first lower jaw remains, wh...
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