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Deadly pig disease could have led to Covid spillover to humans, analysis suggests
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For a short while after SpaceX's SN10 Starship touched down, it seemed like the prototype made it out of its test flight unscathed. The vehicle
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As a crop, cannabis has enormous carbon emissions
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The New ‘What if 100’ Book Uses Real Science to Answer Wild Hypothetical Questions
The Internet is undoubtedly the greatest thing to happen to the human pursuit of knowledge since the advent of the printing press. Never before has
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Blue Origin will upgrade New Shepard rocket with the ability to simulate lunar gravity
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will be providing NASA with a valuable scientific tool ahead of the U.S. space agency’s goal of returning to the Moon:
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