Russian rocket falls into sea in failed launch: reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A rocket carrying a communications satellite suffered engine trouble and plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly a...
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Space shuttle Columbia's second life - as a cautionary tale
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Columbia's flying days came to an abrupt and tragic end on February...
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Rocket blasts off with new NASA communications satellite
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new gen...
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Science cafes offer a sip of learning
By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are in...
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South Korea launches first civilian rocket amid tensions with North
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional ten...
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Scientists find genetic clue to severe flu among Chinese
LONDON (Reuters) - British and Chinese scientists have found a genetic variant which explains why Chinese populations may be more vu...
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Ahmadinejad says he is ready to be first Iranian in space
DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran's fledglin...
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Dung beetles look to the stars
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A species of South African dung beetle has been shown to use the Milky Way to navigate, making it the only ...
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Andean glaciers melting at "unprecedented" rates: study
LIMA (Reuters) - Climate change has shrunk Andean glaciers between 30 and 50 percent since the 1970s and could melt many of them awa...
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Neanderthal cloning chatter highlights scientific illiteracy
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - After spending the weekend reading blog posts claiming that he was seeking an "extremely adventur...
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