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Is New Zealand a different continent from Australia?
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How many Earth-like planets are in the habitable zone of its star in our...
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Do artificial brains need to sleep … and have dreams?
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SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites with a reused Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX has completed the second launch of a Falcon 9 in just four days, taking into account the one we witnessed on Saturday and this one made on Wednesday...
The death marker protein cleans up your muscles after exercise
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports have demonstrated that physical activity prompts a clean-up of muscles as the protein Ubiquitin tags onto worn-out...
Virgin Orbit fails its first test to launch its LauncherOne into space
Virgin Orbit, Richard Branson's company that seeks to launch a rocket from the air, failed its first test in orbit. After flying a modified Boeing 747, the company was...
Study finds that four out of ten people may be immune to coronavirus without...
Scientists around the world are competing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and epidemiologists are trying to predict how the pandemic will develop until such a vaccine becomes available.
However, both...
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