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F-35 fighter fleets price may be double forecast (20 March 05:47) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The estimated total cost of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets being bought by the Pentagon may be nearly twice as high as originally forecast, the Defense Depar... |
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Science justifies California water limits (20 March 03:31) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal limits on water that can be pumped out of a major river delta for California farmers are scientifically justified, a much-anticipated report said on Friday, a... |
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Chileans quake knowledge saved thousands of lives (20 March 02:48) |
| SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chileans' knowledge of earthquakes, combined with the abnormally long time it took for the February 27 quake to reach its crescendo, saved thousands of lives, a leading ... |
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Experts design elastic iron for surgeries buildings (20 March 02:47) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have designed a super-elastic iron alloy which they hope can be used in sophisticated heart and brain surgeries and even buildings in earthquake zo... |
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F-35 fighter makes first vertical landing (19 March 02:36) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter aircraft landed vertically for the first time on Thursday, a bright spot in the Pentagon's priciest arms purchase program, troubled... |
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Scientists hide gold with 3D invisibility cloak (19 March 12:22) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves.
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US-Russian duo returns to Earth from space station (18 March 06:15) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
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US-Russian space duo return to Earth from ISS (18 March 04:57) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday.
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Dogs domesticated in Middle East not Asia (18 March 01:09) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From French poodles to German shepherds, domestic dogs likely trace most of their ancestry to the Middle East, as opposed to East Asian origins suggested by previous ... |
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Hobbit ancestors once colonized Indonesia island (17 March 11:32) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according... |
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NASA chief Bolden sees opportunities for industry (17 March 02:16) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden defended the U.S. space agency's budget on Tuesday and said its focus on commercial space transportation would provide "incredible op... |
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Gene test can cut warfarin hospitalizations (16 March 05:44) |
| ATLANTA (Reuters) - Use of genetic screening on heart patients helped cut hospitalizations related to the widely used blood thinner warfarin by nearly a third, according to a large study tha... |
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People leave unique trail of germs (16 March 12:43) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers ... |
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US stem cell expert is hottest researcher (15 March 09:34) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researche... |
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SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success (15 March 03:16) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately d... |
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Scientists find new way to help crops fight pests (14 March 11:33) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of scientists has managed to transfer disease resistance from one plant family to another, offering broader protection from potentially costly and de... |
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Calcium may help you live longer study (13 March 01:56) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.
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Glenn Close has genes mapped (12 March 04:50) |
| CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.
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Scientists find mother of all skin cells (12 March 01:01) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found the "mother," or origin, of all skin cells and say their discovery could dramatically improve skin treatments for victims of serious wounds and burns... |
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Personal study shows gene maps can spot disease (11 March 08:48) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA.
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SpaceX aborts rocket engine test (10 March 08:36) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and... |
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SpaceX fires rocket engines in quest to fly cargo (10 March 02:53) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies fired up the engines of its debut Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually a... |
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Scientists say UK risks losing innovation edge (09 March 06:01) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Britain risks decades of slow economic decline unless it invests heavily in research, which at the moment is one of the country's few genuine areas of economic competitive... |
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Big Bang experiment may reveal dark universe CERN (08 March 11:44) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - Dark matter, which scientists believe makes up 25 percent of the universe but whose existence has never been proven, could be detected by the giant particle collider at CE... |
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Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April (08 March 12:20) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White H... |
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Scientists find why sunshine vitamin D is crucial (07 March 11:42) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Vitamin D is vital in activating human defenses and low levels suffered by around half the world's population may mean their immune systems' killer T cells are poor at fig... |
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Methane bubbles in Arctic seas stir warming fears (05 March 12:56) |
| OSLO (Reuters) - Large amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas are bubbling up from a long-frozen seabed north of Siberia, raising fears of far bigger leaks that could stoke global warming, sci... |
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Its official An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs (05 March 12:37) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a r... |
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Your best diet It might be in your genes (04 March 09:22) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Can't lose weight on a low-fat diet? Maybe you need to cut carbs instead, and a new genetic test may point the way, maker Interleukin Genetics Inc reported on Wednesda... |
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Glacier melting a key clue to tracking climate change (04 March 05:42) |
| SINGAPORE/ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska.
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New gene test may help you pick your diet report (04 March 02:56) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new genetic test may help dieters decide whether they would lose more weight on a low-fat diet, one that cuts carbohydrates or a more balanced approach, maker Interl... |
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Russia halts space tours as US retires Shuttle (03 March 10:48) |
| STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Russia announced a halt to space tourism on Wednesday, saying it would struggle to ferry professional crews to the International Space Station after the U.S. mo... |
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Spell-covered burial chamber found in Egypts Saqqara (03 March 09:58) |
| CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed the intact sarcophagus of Egypt's Queen Behenu inside her 4,000-year-old burial chamber near her pyramid in Saqqara, chief archaeologist Zahi ... |
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Virgin Galactic sees space test flights in 2011 (03 March 04:41) |
| DUBAI (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic is aiming to launch test flights into space in 2011, but does not need additional financing after selling a stake to Abu Dhabi's Abaar last year, its chief ... |
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Scientists urge rethink on narrow health goals (02 March 02:46) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Families in some poor nations are trapped in cycles of illness and poverty as authorities fail to tackle chronic health problems or meet goals on child health and tubercul... |
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Sustainable Energy bets on Ontario solar market (02 March 03:53) |
| VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd, a solar equipment maker that recently relocated to Toronto from Calgary, may soon land its first large-scale orders in its new home... |
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Common weedkiller turns male frogs into females (02 March 02:13) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Atrazine, one of the most commonly used and controversial weedkillers, can turn male frogs into females, researchers reported on Monday.
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King Tuts grandfathers statue head surfaces in Luxor (01 March 01:19) |
| CAIRO (Reuters) - A colossal 3000-year-old red granite head of Amenhotep III, the grandfather of Tutankhamun, has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni said Sunday.... |
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UN to create science panel to review IPCC (26 February 09:59) |
| NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An independent board of scientists is to review the work of a U.N. climate panel, whose credibility came under attack after it published errors, a U.N. enviro... |
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UN says will create science panel to review IPCC (26 February 12:54) |
| NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - An independent board of scientists will be appointed to review the world's top climate science panel, which has been accused of sloppy work, a U.N. climate sp... |
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World warming unhindered by cold spells scientists (25 February 11:56) |
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The pace of global warming continues unabated, scientists said on Thursday, despite images of Europe crippled by a deep freeze and parts of the United States blasted by... |
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Losing Google would hit Chinese science hard (24 February 11:33) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - More than three-quarters of scientists in China use the search engine Google as a primary research tool and say their work would be significantly hampered if they were to ... |
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Woman has 2 babies in first for ovarian transplant (24 February 08:47) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue, the first time the complex treatment has produced two babies ... |
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UN says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C (23 February 06:43) |
| NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on T... |
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Emissions vows not enough to avoid 2 deg C rise UN (23 February 04:19) |
| NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on T... |
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Flightless mosquitoes may curb dengue study (23 February 04:00) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Genetically altered mosquitoes that cannot fly may help slow the spread of dengue fever and could be a harmless alternative to chemical insecticides, U.S. and British ... |
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Egypt to get back ancient coffin smuggled in 1884 (22 February 10:27) |
| CAIRO (Reuters) - A 3,000-year-old painted coffin smuggled out of Egypt more than a century ago will be returned after U.S. customs inspectors intercepted it in transit, Egypt's culture mini... |
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Endeavour ends space shuttle fleets 130th mission (22 February 09:59) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six crew members wrapped up a 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station on Sunday with a precision to... |
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Space shuttle Endeavour returns safely to Earth (22 February 09:03) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour and its six crew members wrapped up a 14-day construction mission to the International Space Station on Sunday with a precision to... |
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Space shuttle Endeavour crew prepares for landing (22 February 06:01) |
| CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour closed its cargo bay doors in preparation for landing on Sunday, though poor weather may prompt NASA to keep the... |
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