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City growth favours animals ‘more likely to carry disease’

Turning wild spaces into farmland or cities creates opportunities for diseases to cross into humans.

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SpaceX: Musk’s ‘Mars ship’ prototype aces 150m test flight

A prototype of the engine for SpaceX’s next-generation Starship vehicle has made a 150m test “hop”.

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Softline assists State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) with adding SOC as a service to its cybersecurity event management system

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – August 5, 2020 – In July 2017, Softline launched a MaxPatrol SIEM-based cybersecurity event management system that […]

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Don’t demolish old buildings, urge architects

Knocking down defunct structures sends a wrecking ball through carbon targets, architects say.

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SpaceX: Nasa crew describe rumbles and jolts of return to Earth

Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley describe returning to Earth from the ISS in SpaceX’s vehicle.

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Climate change: Satellites find new colonies of Emperor penguins

A search from space discovers new colonies of the Antarctic bird that has an uncertain future.

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Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and how dangerous is it?

Ammonium nitrate has been blamed for a deadly explosion in Beirut, but what exactly is the chemical?

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Plethora releases an in-depth infographic on key Business Skills

Plethora has recently released an in-depth infographic to put the spotlight on some of the key business skills in demand […]

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James Lovelock: Gaia theory creator on coronavirus and turning 101

British scientist James Lovelock says population growth means something like the virus is “almost inevitable”.

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Other mammals lose out in panda conservation drive

Several carnivorous animals have almost disappeared from areas set up to protect giant pandas.

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Katie Mack: ‘Knowing how the universe will end is freeing’

Astrophysicist Katie Mack has been researching The End of Everything.

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Coronavirus: Sewage testing for Covid-19 begins in England

Samples will be checked for signs of the virus, to get early warnings of spikes in infection levels.

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Nasa SpaceX crew return: Astronauts set for ocean splashdown

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken’s SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years.

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Amazon region: Brazil records big increase in fires

Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July – a rise of 28% on the same period last […]

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European Sentinel satellites to map global CO2 emissions

German manufacturer OHB-System signs a €445m contract to build a greenhouse gas monitoring system.

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Ori’Zaba’s Offers Franchise Fee Discount for Veterans

Reduced startup costs designed to encourage business ownership among ideal candidates for entrepreneurship.

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Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance robot launches to detect life on Red Planet

The Perseverance robot launches from Florida on a seven-month flight to the Red Planet.

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Extinction: Quarter of UK mammals ‘under threat’

Review of UK mammals finds that a quarter of native species are at “imminent threat of extinction”.

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Nasa Mars 2020: First aircraft to fly on another planet

Ingenuity is a 1.8kg (4lb) helicopter that will ride to Mars inside Nasa’s Perseverance rover.

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Killer of Rafiki, Uganda’s rare silverback mountain gorilla, jailed

The Ugandan hunter said that he had killed the animal in self defence when he was attacked.

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How many Mars missions have been successful?

Getting to the Red Planet is challenging, and so it working out how many have failed.

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Biz4Solutions Emerges as a Top-rated App Development Company in Frisco, USA, 2020

Develop4u.co, a renowned marketplace for finding the best software companies, has recently published a list of the best mobile app […]

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CCE announces major updates of its EnSuite product line

Free Cloud-based Viewer updated with additional tools to assist WFH in COVID Crisis!

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Bringing Mars back to Earth

An audacious mission to bring rock samples from Mars back to Earth is about to begin – find out more […]

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Airbus to build ‘first interplanetary cargo ship’

The European aerospace company will make a huge satellite to bring Mars rocks back to Earth.

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‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity for more sustainable food

An independent review of the UK’s food policy calls for a new green revolution.

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Virgin Galactic set for last key rocket test flights

Sir Richard Branson’s tourist spaceplane company updates on progress, unveiling a cabin design.

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Climate change: Coastal erosion ‘to threaten more Australian homes’

See the damage done by waves – and the problem will only get worse with climate change, experts say.

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PossibleNOW Announces Partnership with Numeracle™ to Improve Trusted Call Presentation and Delivery

PossibleNOW, the leading provider of direct marketing compliance, enterprise consent and preference management solutions, today announced its partnership with Numeracle™, […]

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Softline Launches Platform for Subscription to Value-Added Services in Sri Lanka

Softline in partnership with Sri Lanka Telecom has launched a platform that allows users from South-East Asia subscribe to to […]

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