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Scientists find huge ancient landslide on Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A massive underwater landslide that could have triggered a towering tsunami some 300,000 years ago has…

Robots through the ages go on show in London

From an 18th-century clockwork swan to a robot quoting Shakespeare, a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London charts…

Vienna zoo panda twins play around as they celebrate half-year birthday

VIENNA, AUSTRIA (Reuters) -- Fu Feng and Fu Ban, the famous panda twins born in Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo, turned half…

Peru in fight to save its endangered languages

by Roberto CORTIJO Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in…

Exploring Through the New York Times Travel Show

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West Nile virus epidemics made worse by drought: study

by Marlowe HOOD pARIS, France (AFP) -- Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which…

DIGITAL NEST Leisure: New York Times Travel Show

DIGITAL NEST | New York If you love food, traveling, and all the adventures in between, the New York Times…

Robot drone mimics real life bat

(Reuters) -- Sometimes the best science is found right in nature. Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the…

Climate change may overload US electrical grid: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- As the planet warms due to climate change and hot days become more common, the…

Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Long before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed…

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