NASA’s Little Helicopter on Mars Has Logged Its Last Flight
The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade
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Russia Fires Genetics Institute Head Who Claimed Humans Once Lived for 900 Years
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked
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Japan’s Precision Moon Lander Has Hit Its Target, but It Appears to Be Upside-Down
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s
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A Rhinoceros Is Pregnant From Embryo Transfer in a Success That May Help Nearly Extinct Subspecies
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A rhinoceros is pregnant through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that
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Works of Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction Receive $10,000 ‘Science + Literature’ Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — A poetry collection, a coming-of-age novel and a history of deep sea exploration are unlikely to
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Scientists Spot Previously Unknown Colonies of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica
Previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins have been spotted in new satellite imagery. Emperor penguins, considered “near threatened” with extinction,
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Indonesia’s Mount Merapi Unleashes Lava as Other Volcanoes Flare Up, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Sunday, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches of lava down its slopes
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Private US Lander Destroyed During Reentry After Failed Mission to Moon, Company Says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s failed moonshot ended with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific, officials
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Japan’s First Moon Lander Is Aiming for a Very Small Target
TOKYO (AP) — As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it’s aiming to hit a
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Japan Hopes to Join an Elite Club by Landing on the Moon: A Closer Look
TOKYO (AP) — Japan hopes to make the world’s first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern
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