Dec 10 (Reuters) – Ben Nyberg stood on a sharp ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali coast, his eyes scanning the leafy nooks of nearby red rock ridges. It was quiet, save for the faint hum of a drone flying among flocks of curious white-tailed tropicbirds. Nyberg aimed the drone closer to the opposite ridge, scanning …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The age of the dinosaurs ended in cataclysm on a spring day 66 million years ago when a 12 km wide asteroid hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of these remarkable beasts and about three quarters of the Earth. species. But were the dinosaurs already endangered, with failing diversification …
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A new theory suggests that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the most common gastrointestinal disorder, could be caused by gravity. Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai and author of hypothesisexplains that IBS – and many other conditions – could result from the body’s inability to deal with gravity. “As long as …
November 17 (Reuters) – Criss-crossing the subtropical seas that lapped the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago, was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car – a Mini Cooper to be precise – that braved treacherous waters. Researchers on Thursday described …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ground crews at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Tuesday for a third test launch of NASA’s massive next-generation moon rocket, the first flight of NASA’s Artemis lunar program the American space agency, 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission. The 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was …
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OTTAWA, Nov 14 (Reuters) – A Hydro-Quebec employee and researcher, whose work related to battery materials, has been charged with espionage for allegedly trying to steal trade secrets for the benefit of China, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Monday. Yuesheng Wang, 35, is scheduled to appear in court in Longueuil, Que., on …
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KERKENNAH ISLANDS, Tunisia, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli’s nets were swollen with fish and octopus he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah Islands. Today he pulls nothing but “ISIS” – the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the …
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