NASA probe reveals organics, ice on Mercury
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Despite searing daytime temperatures, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, has...
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Scientists measure sea rise from polar ice melt
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - The melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has raised sea levels by 11.1 millimeters ...
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South Korean civil rocket launch called off, again
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea canceled the launch of its first space rocket on Thursday after a glitch in the propulsion system halt...
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Japanese man's childhood dreams give birth to giant robot
TOKYO (Reuters) - Like many Japanese, Kogoro Kurata grew up watching futuristic robots in movies and animation, wishing that he coul...
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Antarctic bacteria a clue to different kinds of life: study
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A study by polar researchers has revealed an ancient community of bacteria able to thrive in the ligh...
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Scientists make wheat genetic code breakthrough
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists from Britain, Germany and the United States have unlocked key components of the genetic code for wheat...
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British company claims biggest engine advance since the jet
By Chris Wickham LONDON (Reuters) - A small British company with a dream of building a re-usable space plane has won an important en...
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Higgs confident CERN particle is one he forecast in 1960s
By Ethan Bilby BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The physicists who theorized the existence of a basic subatomic particle half a century ago are ...
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NASA ponders new missions for spare spy telescopes
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., November 27 - NASA is looking for new ideas on what to do with two space telescopes left over f...
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Gimme shelter and light therapy at Swedish bus stops
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Commuters in the northern Swedish town of Umea are being treated to ultra-violet light therapy as the long, da...
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